What Is Wrong With Kamm's and Scanlon's Arguments Against Taurek

Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 3 (3):1-16 (2009)
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I distinguish several arguments Kamm and Scanlon make against Taurek's claim that it is permissible to save smaller groups of people rather than larger. I then argue that none succeeds. This is a companion to my "Saving the Few."

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10.26556/jesp.v3i3.36

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What We Owe to Each Other.Thomas Scanlon - 2002 - Mind 111 (442):323-354.
Should the numbers count?John Taurek - 1977 - Philosophy and Public Affairs 6 (4):293-316.
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