What do you think of the distinction between intending to kill someone and foreseeing that a person would die as a side effect of saving another person's life?
Suppose a woman's life is in danger because of an ectopic pregnancy and a surgeon removes the entire fallopian tube from her body. Her life would be spared, but the embryo would die. Those who agree with that distinction would say that the surgeon did have necessarily have the intention to kill someone. He intended to save the woman's life. The surgeon foresaw that the death of the embryo would be the consequence. What do you think?
Suppose a woman's life is in danger because of an ectopic pregnancy and a surgeon removes the entire fallopian tube from her body. Her life would be spared, but the embryo would die. Those who agree with that distinction would say that the surgeon did have necessarily have the intention to kill someone. He intended to save the woman's life. The surgeon foresaw that the death of the embryo would be the consequence. What do you think?
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