"This error becomes immediately evident if we amend Thompson 's illustration . What if the mother woke up from an accident to find herself surgically connected to her own child ? What kind of mother would willingly cut the life-support system to her two-year-old in a situation like that ? And what would we think of her if she did ?"
"Irrelevant . Whatever kind of person or mother she is , the argument would apply ."
"mother would willingly cut the life-support system to her two-year-old in a situation like that"
"kind of person or mother she is , the argument would apply ."