RE: An uncomfortable ethics question.
September 17, 2010 at 4:08 am
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2010 at 7:15 am by ib.me.ub.)
Interesting array of questions.
The classic is a train hurtling down the tracks towards 10 people, who are unable to escape. You can divert the train onto another set of tracks, but this set has 1 person on it, who is also unable to escape? A. 1 person.
If you had to choose for either 10 random people in the world to die, or yourself to die, which would you choose? A. Myself.
The choice between 1 (or 2) random people, and yourself. A. Myself.
Are our own lives worth as much as 10 people? A. Yes & No.
How would you answer the question? A. As above.
However, I would like to add that this is entirely differnt to the real world. I have been placed in situations where I have had to risk my own life to help others. But this is different from the questions above.
The classic is a train hurtling down the tracks towards 10 people, who are unable to escape. You can divert the train onto another set of tracks, but this set has 1 person on it, who is also unable to escape? A. 1 person.
If you had to choose for either 10 random people in the world to die, or yourself to die, which would you choose? A. Myself.
The choice between 1 (or 2) random people, and yourself. A. Myself.
Are our own lives worth as much as 10 people? A. Yes & No.
How would you answer the question? A. As above.
However, I would like to add that this is entirely differnt to the real world. I have been placed in situations where I have had to risk my own life to help others. But this is different from the questions above.
