I remember taking Ethical Decision-Making. It was a 200-level Philosophy elective.

We had a conversation about so-called lifeboat ethics, and even the one Reaganite in the class described that as an extreme metaphor. Like, even he thought “save that one for actual lifeboats.”

My so-called “progressive caucus” city counselor — he isn’t in the DSA, though — talks about the “deserving poor” at town halls.

Lifeboat ethics is pretty much entirely how we’re socially organized now.