In-hospital cardiac arrest: what happens to the false arrests?

The Problem of Political Authority

“…This assumption rests on a particular diagnosis of the phenomenon of widespread intellectual disagreement: that such disagreement is due entirely to such factors as ignorance, irrationality, and biases created by knowledge of one's individual characteristics. 25 If that diagnosis is correct, then a situation in which such ignorance, irrationality, and bias are removed should result in general agreement. But if the diagnosis is not correct and there are other sources of disagreement, then Rawls has given no reason for believing that agreement would be reached in the original position.…”

“…Not all rational thinkers have agreed even that democracy is just. 25 It thus remains unclear how one might think that democratic equality uniquely satisfies the publicity requirement.…”

“…24 In one classic experiment, Solomon Asch gathered subjects for what they thought was a test of visual acuity. 25 Each subject was seated in a room with several other people, supposedly other subjects like himself. The group was shown a series of cards, each of which had a single, vertical line on the left (the 'standard line') and three comparison lines on the right.…”

“…Hence, if we accept thesis (ii), it seems we must conclude that we are obligated to donate more than 80 percent of our income to charity. 25 Furthermore, in the Overworked Philanthropist case, you would not be just slightly blameworthy if you failed to save the child. Failure to save the child would be extremely blameworthy, perhaps not much better than murder.…”

“…Therefore, if the obligation to give to charity is morally comparable to the obligation to assist a drowning child, then one who fails to give away over 80 percent of his income to charity is also extremely blameworthy, perhaps not much better than a murderer. We might have to conclude that the behavior of nearly everyone, 25 Compare Unger 1996 , chapter 6 . Of course, one need only give up to the point at which further giving threatens one's survival or one's ability to give in the future.…”