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lifeboat ethics

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Thing ethical_dilemma Q1812811

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
ethical dilemma, thought experiment[3]
Discoverer or inventor
Garrett Hardin[2]
Named after
lifeboat[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en lifeboat ethics he האתיקה של סירת ההצלה ja 救命ボートの倫理 tr Cankurtaran Sandalı Etiği zh 救生艇伦理学 zh-hant 救生艇倫理學
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Titanic lifeboat.jpg ↗
Described at URL
www.garretthardinsociety.org
Freebase ID
/m/0cfm7c
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
lifeboat-ethics
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778889421

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Instance of 2
thought experiment, ethical dilemma
Discoverer or inventor 1
Garrett Hardin
Named after 1
lifeboat
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Summary

lifeboat ethics is an ethical dilemma[1].

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . garretthardinsociety.org. garretthardinsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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