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>> It kills 1001. >> Net lives saved = 1000. Right. And net lives lost = 1001. So, we've killed 1001 people to let another 1000 live. We exchaned their lives. >> The 2001 who are saved by auto-driving were also most probably not interested in dying. How is it that their opinion doesn't matter? Of course it matters, but they were dying already, until we intervened and killed another 1001 people with our self-driving t…
> And net lives lost = 1001. So, we've killed 1001 people to let another 1000 live. We [exchanged] their lives. No. Net lives lost = -1000. Gross lives lost = 1001. We killed 1001 people to let 2001 live.
Let's change tack slightly. Say that we had a vaccine for a deadly disease and 1 million people were vaccinated with it. And let's say that out of that 1 million people, 1000 died as a side effect of the vaccine, while 2001 people avoided certain death (and let's say that we are in a position to know that with absolute certainty).
Do you think such a vaccine would be considered successful?
I guess I should clarify that when I say "considered successful" I mean: a) by the general population and b) by the medical profession.