Thomson asks us to consider the following thought experiment: "You wake up in the morning and find yourself back to back in bed with an unconscious _________. He has been found to have a fatal kidney ailment, and the Society of Music Lovers has canvassed all the available medical records and found that you alone have the right blood type to help."
A) guitarist
B) pianist
C) drummer
D) violinist

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This is a scenario presented in Judith Jarvis Thomson's essay "A Defense of Abortion" to discuss the ethics of abortion. The point of the scenario is to question whether it would be morally justifiable to force someone to donate their organs (in this case, a kidney) to save another person's life. The specific profession of the unconscious person doesn't really matter, but choosing option D) violinist aligns with the original scenario presented by Thomson.

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