"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 ."
"What if the mother woke up from an accident to find herself surgically connected to her own child ?"
"Whatever kind of person or mother she is , the argument would apply ."