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Sentence
会議でその哲学者は、希少な血液型の人が誘拐され、致命的な腎疾患を抱える無意識のバイオリニストにつながれるという有名な思考実験に基づく中絶の権利を擁護する議論を意外にも擁護した。
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At the conference, the philosopher presented a surprising defense of the violinist argument, recounting the kidnapped donor thought experiment to make her point.
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At the conference, the philosopher presented a surprising defense of the violinist argument, recounting the kidnapped donor thought experiment to make her point.
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Related words
violinist argument
Proper noun
(philosophy)
An
argument
in
favour
of
a
right
to
abortion
that
appeals
to
a
thought
experiment
in
which
a
person
with
a
rare
blood
type
is
kidnapped
and
plugged
into
a
famous
unconscious
violinist
with
a
fatal
kidney
ailment;
if
the
violinist
is
unplugged,
he
will
die,
but
if
he
stays
plugged
into
the
kidnappee
for
nine
months,
he
will
recover
from
his
ailment.
The
argument
assumes
that
in
this
hypothetical
scenario,
the
kidnappee
has
the
right
to
unplug
themselves
from
the
violinist
at
any
time
even
if
this
will
cause
his
death,
because
the
violinist
does
not
have
a
right
to
the
kidnappee’s
body.
Japanese Meaning
（哲学）中絶の権利を支持するための議論の一例。稀な血液型を持つ人物が、人質として有名な意識不明のヴァイオリニストに繋がれてしまい、接続を解除すればヴァイオリニストが死に、接続を続ければ中絶に類する体験を強制されるという思考実験に基づく議論で、被験者には自らの体からヴァイオリニストを切り離す権利が認められるとする主張です。
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