Heinz dilemma

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Heinz dilemma

  1. A thought experiment in ethics, involving a dilemma of whether saving a life justifies theft or other illegal activities.
    • 2004, Ananta Kumar Giri, Creative Social Research: Rethinking Theories and Methods, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 93:
      This study of the Heinz dilemma has led to the literature on the ethics of care. The Heinz dilemma is about a man who considers stealing a drug that he cannot afford to buy in order to save the life of his wife.

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