# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q387473](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387473)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_lottery)  
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