PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Bostrom, N TI - The fable of the dragon tyrant AID - 10.1136/jme.2004.009035 DP - 2005 May 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 273--277 VI - 31 IP - 5 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/5/273.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/31/5/273.full SO - J Med Ethics2005 May 01; 31 AB - This paper recounts the tale of a most vicious dragon that ate thousands of people every day, and of the actions that the king, the people, and an assembly of dragonologists took with respect thereof.