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Moral Dilemmas
Moral Dilemmas
If
they are caught they will be killed. A child starts to cry
which would inevitably give up the hiding place of the
group of 10. Do you kill the child to protect the rest of the
group?
You are late for work and are driving much faster than the
speed limit. You look down at the radio to change the
station and you hit something. You hit the brakes suddenly,
which causes a car to crash into you, which results in a pile
up. You get out the car and see that you have hit a man and
he definitely looks dead. A woman comes up to you crying,
saying that she has hit someone. If you let her take the
blame, she could be put into jail for a long time, whereas
you will get let off. What do you do?
There is a murderer who has confessed to the murders of 30 children. However, he won’t tell
the police the location of any of the bodies. A police officer suggests you should torture his
wife who he loves dearly, to get the information out of him. His wife is innocent and knew
nothing of what her husband was doing. You know
that if you do it, he will definitely tell you what
you want to know. What do you do?