According to Thomson's Second Principle, if you can save five people's lives by sacrificing your own life, then
A) You are morally required to kill yourself.
B) You are NOT morally required to kill yourself.
C) You may kill someone else in your place.
D) Someone else may kill you.

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Thomson's Second Principle suggests that while it may be morally permissible to sacrifice your own life to save others, it does not impose a moral requirement to do so. Thus, you are not morally required to kill yourself to save five others.

According to Thomson's Second Principle, If You Can Save Five