<P> Other issues which can be raised include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Is it acceptable to deny an obviously dying passenger food and water to save it for others with a better chance to make it? </Li> <Li> Is it acceptable to jettison the dying passenger (knowing they will die within minutes) to make room for someone else? </Li> <Li> If food is low: <Ul> <Li> is cannibalism of corpses acceptable after they die? </Li> <Li> is it acceptable, if it is certain they are going to die in a day or two, to murder them to preserve resources or to let someone on the boat? </Li> <Li> is it acceptable, if it is certain they are going to die in a day or two, to murder them in order to commit cannibalism of their corpse where this will allow the survivors to survive for several additional weeks? </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> Is it acceptable to deny an obviously dying passenger food and water to save it for others with a better chance to make it? </Li> <Li> Is it acceptable to jettison the dying passenger (knowing they will die within minutes) to make room for someone else? </Li>

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