Examples Of Permissible Harm

Permissible Harm Killing the lesser amount of people to save the greater amount always sounds like it would be the right choice. An example, bombing a factory killing ten thousand people or not bombing the factory therefore allowing the factory to produce more bombs to bomb another country possibly killing 50 thousand people. Killing the ten thousand people may sound like the right thing to do because you’ll be saving more lives than you’ll be losing, but is saving the most lives always legit? It is not always permissible to harm a smaller number of people versus a larger number. One example of it is acceptable is when you’re in authority. A hypothetical scenario that Professor Michael Sanders uses in “Justice: What’s The Right Thing to do?