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ARGUMENTS The argument for the survival lottery can be as follows: # Imagine that organ donation was perfect. # There is no difference between killing and letting die. # Given 1 and 2 we should adopt the Survival Lottery. The article by John Harris can be seen as an argument against Utilitarianism, although Harris himself often makes Utilitarian claims in his work. It is also a direct challenge to the belief that there is a difference between killing and letting die, and an exploration of the moral consequences that follow from this. SOURCES
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