Topic:

1. What are Moral Dilemmas?

2. The Moral Agent.

Scenario:
Liwayway and Malumi were best friends. Both had just turned 18 years old
and had recently joined College. They were so close that they used to share every
problem with each other and used to take care of each other. After few days, a new
boy, named Malakas, joined their school. Malakas, was very cute and all the girls
adored him. Liwayway too had a crush on him. Liwayway, was a little more talkative,
and so, she soon became friends with Malakas.
One day, Malumi noticed that Malakas was flirting with Maganda. She wanted
to tell this to Liwayway but wondered if she’d believe her. Liwayway, was so involved
in Malakas that she was not in good mood to listen to anything against him. Malumi,
thought if she said anything about Malakas, she would lose her friendship, but if she
kept quiet and remain silent about what she knows about it nothing will happen about
their friendship.

Evaluation:
With the given scenario, Malumi’s position is very delicate and sensitive. It’s
like being pinned between two rocks. Being in the position where you are being
forced to pick between what you should do as a friend but unable to because the
bond between you might brake, is unpleasant. Generally, in my opinion, there are
three possible ways she could take. One is that she reveals what she has witnessed,
but since her friend, Liwayway, is infatuated with Malakas she might interpret it in the
way that Malumi is getting in her way and thus, their friendship will surely suffer. Next
way is that she still reveals what she saw but in this case their friendship did not
suffer any damage, instead Liwayway tries to directly ask Malakas about what truth
about the information Malumi is had told her. Lastly, Malumi stays quiet and just let
what she knows be buried.
From the three possible ways, it is ideal to have the second mentioned way in
which she reveals what she saw but in this case their friendship did not suffer any
damage. For a person that is not involved in that situation, we can easily say that
she should just tell her. Well of course, it is only natural that when you feel your
friend is being wronged, you should just go and tell your friend about it. But for the
person who is directly involved and is in that situation it might feel difficult. Telling our
friend would likely hurt him or her in some way. Even if we are certain that our friend
is likely to be hurt of something he or she is unaware of, the pain may not be our
fault — but we would be indirectly hurting him or her by revealing the truth.
With this situation, we can also say that there might not be a way to deal with
it the best way. However, we can still do something about it. Even if there is no “best”
there might be a “better” way of handling it. After brooding about the situation for
some time, the thing most ethically and lovingly thing we should do is just tell our
friend the truth. I believe that it is more hurtful to be lied upon and made to believe in
an illusion that with a simple blow of truth would crumble. It’s like being made a fool
out of you. And lying might be best in some instances, but too many lies would not
be beneficial and would surely lead to problems in the future. So, when we see that
our friend will likely be hurt, whatever we feel the response should be—at the very
least we want it to stop.
Choosing to do what is right for the betterment of our dearest person
sometimes call for self-sacrifice. However, personally, I hate the idea of someone
being sacrificed for something. No one deserves to be sacrifice even for a great
cause. However, it is also true that humans act headfirst when their loved ones are
in the scale.
All in all, I suggest that Malumi tell Liwayway the truth, no lies, no deceit. Even
if her actions lead to her and her friend in a bad place, she should be firm and be
responsible enough to be firm with her actions. Because she chose to do what she
thinks is right and what she should do as a friend. In addition, she should believe in
the bond between her and her friend.
The bond we build are things we create with ease – for most, but once
broken, reconciliation might be hard to achieve but might not be impossible.
Relationships that are bonded with friendships and relationships bonded with the
person of romantic interests for examples. But we should always remember that in
every time we face such dilemmas that we are stuck in between situations where
nothing seems to be the best and right answer, we should just think what is the right
thing to do and act upon it.
I want to share this saying quoted from Theodore Roosevelt, “In any moment
of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is
the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” I believe it fits
perfectly.

Source of Quote:
https://quotestospark.com/quotes-about-doing-the-right-thing/