Urdaneta City University

College of Teacher Education ETHICS:

(075) 600 - 1507 Moral Dilemma
San Vicente West, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan
ucu.edu.ph | univpresidentofficial@gmail.com

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Exercise 1

Answer the following questions.

1. What are the elements in making moral decisions? Explain.

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2. Discuss the importance of divine and natural laws in moral decision making.
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Exercise 2

Using the principles of moral decision-making, answer the following:

1. A day before the wedding of your friend, you discovered that your friend’s spouse-to-be is having
an affair with an officemate. You caught them sneaking out of a hotel together. What will you do? Explain
your answer.

● Tell your friend about the affair but the wedding may not push through and all the preparation will
be canceled. Your friend’s happiness will surely be ruined.
● Remain silent; keep the truth from your friend; and allow the wedding to push through so as not to
ruin the most event in your friend’s life.

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2. Your family is vacationing in a private resort. Your son and nephew, both aged 12, are very excited
to swim but there is still no lifeguard around. You warn them to wait until the lifeguard arrives but
they disobey you and rushed to the water unsupervised. Suddenly, you hear them screaming for
help and see them both drowning. At the time you are the only one swimmer who can save them,
but you can only save one at a time. Your nephew does not know how to swim and not likely to
survive if not rescued as soon as possible. Your son is a better swimmer but only has a 50% chance of
holding long enough for you to rescue him. Who will you choose to save first? Why?
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3. You are an eyewitness to a robbery. A man robbed a rich woman for him to pay for his son’s crucial
operation. You know who committed the crime. If you go to the police to report the crime, there is
the strong possibility that the money will be returned to the rich woman. What will you do? Will you
report the crime and tell the truth to the police and say nothing since the money will be used for the
operation and the son will be saved? Justify your answer.
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4. On your way home one night, you figured in a car accident. While driving your car, you
accidentally hit and killed a pedestrian. As you go out of the car, you were intercepted by a crying
lady who thought that she was the one who hit and killed the pedestrian. There were only three
people on the scene: you, the lady, and the dead person you hit on the road. There were no other
witnesses. Thus, you know that whoever is responsible will be sent to jail. What will you do? Explain
your answer.
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5. You are a doctor at a hospital. You have five seriously ill patients, four of whom are urgent need of
organ transplants. You cannot help them because there are no available organs that can used to
save their lives. The fifth patient, a criminal, has a lingering illness that can no longer be treated. If he
dies, you will be able to save the other four patients by using his organs for transplant. What will you
do? Explain your answer.
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6. Have you experienced under a serious moral dilemma? Share your experience.
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GOOD LUCK!

Prepared by:

AR-JAY B. SIADOR, LPT

Social Studies Instructor