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The survival lottery

ethical thought experiment in which everyone’s name is put into a lottery, so that when organ donations are needed, a person’s name is drawn up to be killed so as to allow two or more people to live
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The survival lottery

Summary

The survival lottery is a thought experiment[1]. It draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (thought_experiment category, ranking #55 of 56).[2]

Key Facts

  • The survival lottery is credited with the discovery of John Harris[3].
  • The survival lottery's instance of is recorded as thought experiment[4].
  • The survival lottery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07y4p5[5].
  • The survival lottery's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777151695[6].

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Works and Contributions

The survival lottery is credited with the discovery of John Harris[3].

Why It Matters

The survival lottery draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (thought_experiment category, ranking #55 of 56).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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