Assume there's a threshold at which sending the ship for repairs is morally obligatory.
Sorry, I am unwilling to assume any such thing. I would prefer a bit more realistic scenario where there is no well-known and universally accepted threshold. The condition of ships is uncertain, different people can give different estimates of that condition, and different people would choose different actions even on the basis of the same estimate.
In particular,
Mr. Doc looks at this probability and deems it acceptable (so, presumably, below our action threshold)
Mr.Doc has his own threshold which does not necessarily match yours or anyone else's or even whatever passes for the society's consensus.
Sorry, I am unwilling to assume any such thing. I would prefer a bit more realistic scenario where there is no well-known and universally accepted threshold. The condition of ships is uncertain, different people can give different estimates of that condition, and different people would choose different actions even on the basis of the same estimate.
It doesn't have to be well-known. Morally there's a threshold. Everyone who is trying to act morally is trying to ascertain where it should be, and everyone who isn't acting morally is taking advantage of the...
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