irest way to choose who will die. Of course a
reason must be provided to the person who had drawn the shortest straw, and that
is the objective of this paper. This essay will explain how the decision will be
made that will ultimately take one of the survivor's lives to save the remaining
four people. From that explanation of the decision made, it will attempt to
justify it. This paper proposes to explain and justify the decision by using
legal tools such as Law and Morality, the Meta Rule, and The Doctrine of
Necessity. The advice provided on how to carry out the unfortunate death of an
innocent person may not be a "right" one, but perhaps it will be legally and
Law and morality play a large role here, mainly because there is a legal issue
and a moral issue associated with the predicament. The reason law has a part in
the situation is that after the decision is made, it will be examined legally
and must be accountable for its consequences. Morality has its place too,
because many will find it morally wrong to take one's life despite any
....there is some connection between law and morality, but the two are
clearly not identical. First, morality is only concerned with right or wrong,
with the good and evil; law is concerned with lots of things on which there is
no right and wrong - procedures for land registration, incorporatio
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