Velasquez, Elaine Jasmin B.

BSHM 411

Directions: Read the moral dilemmas carefully and give what is asked. (4 items x 10 points)
The Robin Hood Robber: You witness a man rob a bank, but instead of keeping the money for
himself, he donates it to a local orphanage. You know that this orphanage has been struggling for
funding, and the money will allow the children to receive proper food, clothing, and medical
care. If you report the crime, the money will be taken away from the orphanage and given back
to the bank.
What should you do?
- First I will report it to the police since what he did was wrong even though his intention is
good but the money he donated to the orphanage is from illegal and hard-earned money
of the other people. Also if the head of the orphanage learned about where the money
came from, they might refuse all his help moving forward since it’s for the children sake.
I believe the man can do legal things to help the orphanage such as crowdfunding and
soliciting donations.
The Unfaithful Wife: You are an emergency worker that has just been called to the scene of an
accident. When you arrive, you see that the car belongs to your wife. Fearing the worst, you rush
over, only to see that she is trapped in her car with another man whom she’s been having an
affair.
You reel back in shock, devastated by what you have just found out. As you step back, the wreck
in front of you comes into focus. You see your wife is seriously hurt and she needs attention
straight away. Even if she gets immediate attention, there’s a very high chance she’ll die. You
look at the seat next to her and see her lover. He’s bleeding heavily from a wound in the neck,
and you need to stem the flow of the blood immediately.
If you attend to your wife, her lover will bleed to death, and you may not be able to save her
anyway. If you work on the man, you can save his life, but your wife will definitely die.
What should you do?
- As a husband I would want them both to die because of the pain of betrayal that I got. But
as an emergency care worker it is my duty to save lives. First if there are other people on
the scene i will ask them to call an ambulance immediately. But if I had to decide on my
own and I am alone, as per the rule in saving lives, I will prioritize the one who has more
chance of surving. In this situation I have 3 options either save the man, perhaps save my
wife or let them both die. But since my wife has a low chance of surviving and the man
has, as a care worker I will aid the man since he has a more chance of surviving than my
wife. Even if it hurts and a lot of things will come running through my head, it is still my
duty and I believe what I am doing was the right thing to do.
The Sick Patients: You are a skilled doctor with five (5) patients who all need different organ
transplants. There are currently no organs available to give them, and if they don’t get their
transplants soon, they will all die. You have a sixth patient, who is dying of an incurable disease.
At the moment, you are giving him medicine to ease his pain and prolong his life. He is a
compatible organ donor for your five (5) other patients, but the medicine he is taking will keep
him alive just a day longer than they have left.
If you were to stop giving him medicine, he would die before them in a very painful way, but
you would then be able to use his organs to save the other five (5).

What should you do?

- As a doctor, since we have a rule/protocol that we can’t do something immediately
without the other patient’s consent or advice by from the higher ups. I will ask the sixth
patient first if he plans to continue to take the medicine that ease his pain, then it will
depend on the sixth patient along with his family’s decision. If he/she will continue to
take the medicine and suffer everyday so he/she can live longer but if the patient along
with his/her family decided to stop taking the medicine and end the sixth patient’s
suffering, I will tell the family of the sixth patient about the other five patients who are in
need of organ transplant and that the sixth patient is the only one who’s organ is
compatible with the other five patients.

The Plagiarized Report: You are an English teacher at a high school. One of your students is a
very bright and gifted girl, whom you have always enjoyed teaching. She has always achieved
high grades throughout her school years, and is now in her final year and getting ready to
graduate. Unfortunately, she has been very ill this term and missed several weeks of schooling.
She has just turned in a report which is worth 40% of her final grade, but you realize that she did
not write it herself. She has copied a report found online and tried to pass it off as her own work.
If you report her plagiarization to the school authorities, it will be entered on her permanent
record, making her ineligible to attend the prestigious university that she has dreamed of
attending. If you refuse to accept the report, her final mark will be very poor and may harm her
chances of being chosen for the university. If you mark the paper as though you believed it was
her own work, she will do very well, and stand every chance of getting her desired university.
What should you do?
- As her teacher, I will consider her situation wherein she got sick and then I will talk to
her about it and if she admit that it was not her own work then I will give her another
chance to redo it. As her teacher who saw her being good in class I believe she can do it
in no sweat and I dont want to be a hinder for her future. Also I would not consider it
wrong if i will not report it to the school authorities since I did not accepted her work but
instead I make her re do it. I will also tell give her some advice that in life there are no
shortcuts and not all the time we are given a second chance.