Would Aristotle have played Russian roulette?

Would Aristotle have played Russian Roulette ?

This paper continues the debate between myselfand Peter Singer et al started in the Journal of Medical Ethics volume 21, no 3 about the ethical respectability of the use of QALYs in health care allocation. It discusses the question of what, in the way of health care provision, would be chosen by rational egoists behind a Rawlsian "veil of ignorance", and takes forward the vexed question of what...

Would Aristotle have played Russian roulette?

This paper continues the debate between myself and Peter Singer et al started in the Journal of Medical Ethics volume 21, no 3 about the ethical respectability of the use of QALYs in health care allocation. It discusses the question of what, in the way of health care provision, would be chosen by rational egoists behind a Rawlsian "veil of ignorance", and takes forward the vexed question of wha...

Debate Would Aristotle have played Russian Roulette ?

This paper continues the debate between myselfand Peter Singer et al started in the Journal of Medical Ethics volume 21, no 3 about the ethical respectability of the use of QALYs in health care allocation. It discusses the question of what, in the way of health care provision, would be chosen by rational egoists behind a Rawlsian "veil of ignorance", and takes forward the vexed question of what...

Variance Reduction for Russian-roulette

Acoustical Modeling Using a Russian Roulette Strategy ∗

One of the problems with geometric (ray) based acoustical modeling approaches is handling the potentially large number of interactions between a propagating sound ray and objects/surfaces it may encounter. A sound ray incident on a surface may be absorbed, reflected both specularly and diffusely, be refracted and diffracted. Typical solutions to modeling such effects include emitting several “n...