Comments on: Top 10 Moral Dilemmas

By: Chris Zhang

Chris Zhang — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:28:06 +0000

10 maybe i will help him to escape. because though maybe i will do the wrong thing, people’s life is most important.
9 i will help my wife first. i’m selfish. i can forgive my wife but other people(specially her lover).
8 i will tell my friend though i will do the wrong thing. but it’s his wife did the wrong thing first. and if not, my friend is so Pitiful。
7 i will help him to clarify。and told to policeman he rape girl though it’s not useful.
6 it’s so difficult to determine it. i don’t know. but if i have some important thing must to do ,such as look after my wife or son( if my wife or son is so need me) ,so i use a stick of dynamite. or i will die with them
5 of course help my niece first. because if not, it must have one people to die. but help my niece first. that has possible to help all people.
4 i will recognize my fault as a man.
3 i will say that’s mine. because as a father i need help my son. and through this events let my son grow up though The cost is let me life imprisonment.
2 Torture the mad bomber thats acceptable, do not torture his wife. He is mad, he may not care about her.
1 i choose b if i have some important thing must to do ,such as look after my wife or son( if my wife or son is so need me)
if not i choose b
all problem i choose stage 2. stage 2 ‘s thinking is suited to me

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:02:48 +0000

10 Refuse to pull the chair. No way am I going to kill my own kid and fulfill the sick bidding of some sick Nazi. I wouldn’t pull the chair even if the other inmate was my other kid. Being a sadist, the guard would probably kill the other innocent inmate even if I did pull the chair.

9 The one in greater danger gets the treatment. That’s the job of a paramedic. Medics don’t get to make calls based on personal relations.

8 Some people say, “It’s none of my business, so I wouldn’t tell.” Really? Maybe, it’s not YOUR business, but it sure is your friend’s. That being said, why wouldn’t you tell him of the affair? He deserves to know the truth. Your friend might get suspicious and ask you whether or not you know if his wife is cheating anyway. Then, what would you say?

7 Tell the police what you know. You can’t even be 100% certain he did rape your daughter, especially if she isn’t talking. Could be your neighbour’s visiting twin brother who did the deed for all you know.

6 I’d let the woman make the decision.

5 As much as it hurts, I’d be forced to save the niece. I’d yell instructions to my daughter and scream to God to spare her. If she dies, I guess I can always have another kid. Maybe, use one of Mr. Hopkins “Top 10 Unusual Gender Selection Techniques” to let it be another girl.

4 I would confess. Pretty easy for my. Failing to stop or help at the scene of an accident you caused is no different than lying to cover up something you did wrong. Doesn’t do to couple one wrong with another.

3 As much as it would hurt, I would let my son take the blame. He’s an adult, they’re HIS drugs and he has to face the responsibility, even if that means I never see him again.

2 I’d be fine with torturing the bomber, but not the wife. To be honest, even if I were one of the civilians, I would prefer death from bombs over survival from an innocent’s torture.

1 From the way the question is worded, I assume my weight is negligible. Hence, the others in the lifeboat wouldn’t be able to bail better because my absence made the boat lighter. With that in mind, I suppose I would stay and help, but in reality, the temptation to take that one opportunity to save myself could become quite overpowering. I might end up not doing the moral thing in this scenario.

By: adamoo

adamoo — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:55:57 +0000

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By: Invisible Apple

Invisible Apple — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:08:42 +0000

Yeah, I guess.
I like Jen’s idea of alternating, though.

By: David Hopkins

David Hopkins — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:02:13 +0000

I suppose, but using “your spouse” would still leave the problem of whether to use ‘he’ vs ‘she’ or ‘his’ vs ‘her’ when referring to the spouse. Saying “his/her” all the time would still get pretty awkward.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:27:28 +0000

honestly who really knows how they would act in any of these situations trying to figure out what you would do is just mere speculation, you never really know how you would act unless you are in the situation.

By: allicem

allicem — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:59:39 +0000

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By: Evelwa

Evelwa — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:56:17 +0000

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By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:57:23 +0000

As a paramedic #9 was interesting. We almost always arrive in twos anyway but ethics are in play here. As a medic a neck tourniquet? Not a good idea. The pressure required to stop an arterial or even veinus bleed would cut off the airway. So if the situation was real? Unless the man has both arms broken he can apply his own pressure to the wound. The hard facts are if the wife is that close to death she will probably die before she can be cut from the wreck. If the pt can’t apply pressure to his own neck there will be fire fighters, police or bystanders that can do that job. Plus a car crash with two serious pts? back up will not be far away. So in reality there isn’t much of a Dilemma here anyway.

By: Invisible Apple

Invisible Apple — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:50:08 +0000

Or, you know, “your spouse” or something. The picture this thing paints of the ‘you’ stand in is irritatingly specific.