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Re: Ethics Test Question Fifteen (Spoilers)
Posted By: gabby, on host 66.185.72.101
Date: Sunday, February 3, 2002, at 14:52:03
In Reply To: 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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