Consider the following cases: a newborn infant and its mother are alone on an island with plenty of food and water; a sibling needs a kidney transplant and you are the only match; a stranger is asking for shelter in your warm house and since it's freezing you know she will die if you refuse. What would Judith Jarvis Thomson say about what the person equipped to help should do in each case? What about what the person must do in each of these situations?

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The Answer is -Go through each of these imagined cases, making a distinction (where it's applicable) between what a person should do in each case and what a person must do in each case, applying Thomson's understanding of ought and obligation to each.

Consider the Following Cases: a Newborn Infant and Its Mother