I see it as a case of “emergency micro-government”, and not taking part of the voting doesn’t mean you’re exempt from the laws—that would be like not paying your taxes because you voted for the party that wants to lower them, which lost the election.
i.e. the group should have one way of taking decisions that can apply to the whole group.
However that doesn’t mean the decision can’t be morally wrong—if the decision to sacrifice one did indeed increase everybody’s expected chances of survival, then it was right, but maybe Whetmore’s change of mind was right—maybe waiting one week did have a high enough chance of saving everybody. I think that aspect weights more than Whetmore’s change of mind.
I see it as a case of “emergency micro-government”, and not taking part of the voting doesn’t mean you’re exempt from the laws—that would be like not paying your taxes because you voted for the party that wants to lower them, which lost the election.
i.e. the group should have one way of taking decisions that can apply to the whole group.
However that doesn’t mean the decision can’t be morally wrong—if the decision to sacrifice one did indeed increase everybody’s expected chances of survival, then it was right, but maybe Whetmore’s change of mind was right—maybe waiting one week did have a high enough chance of saving everybody. I think that aspect weights more than Whetmore’s change of mind.