Re: Ethics Test Question Fifteen (Spoilers)
gabby, on host 66.185.72.101
Sunday, February 3, 2002, at 14:52:03
Re: Ethics Test Question Fifteen (Spoilers) posted by Eric Sleator on Sunday, February 3, 2002, at 13:25:12:
> "A situation arises where you can either save > your own child from death or contact the > emergency services in order to save the lives of > ten other children. You cannot do both, and there > is no way to save everyone. Which course of > action are you morally obliged to follow?"
That was the hardest question by far, because it was the only one where the test-taker was required to choose one option as morally preferable. My own view: I don't see how it is possible to weigh the value of lives, so I wouldn't be able to find fault in either decision. No normal person actually *wants* one of the groups to die.
gabby
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