Homework:
Parent/guardian please assist your child with today’s homework.
Topic: Is it
ethical (correct) to sacrifice (let die) a few to save many?
* “But there are
many people dying on the riverbank over there.”
“The first duty,”
the doctor said, “is to take care of the slightly wounded.”
“Why—when there are
many who are heavily wounded on the riverbank?”
The doctor moved to
another patient. “In an emergency like this,” he said, …“the first task is to
help as many as possible—to save as many lives as possible. There is no hope
for the heavily wounded. They will die. We can’t bother with them.”
** But there are
many people dying on the riverbank over there.”
“The first duty,”
the doctor said, “is to take care of the slightly wounded.”
“Why—when there are
many who are heavily wounded …?”
The doctor moved to
another patient. “In an emergency like this,” he said, …“the first task is to
help as many as possible—to save as many lives as possible. There is no hope
for the heavily wounded…. We can’t bother with them.”
*** But there are
many people dying on the riverbank over there.”
“The first duty,”
the doctor said, “is to take care of the slightly wounded.”
“Why—there are many
who are heavily wounded …?”
The doctor moved to
another patient. “In an emergency like this,” he said, …“the first task is to
help as many as possible—…. There is no hope for the heavily wounded…. We can’t
bother with them.”
Option 1: Pretend you are telling a 10 year old what you
learned today. How would you explain what ethics is? What examples would you
use?
Option 2: Your job is to draw a poster for a movie called:
Is it ethical to sacrifice a few to save many? What would you draw in your
poster? You can draw or just say what you would draw.
Option 3: Base response on reading.
What was happening by the riverbank?
What did the doctor say was the first duty?
Do you agree with what the doctor said? Explain why or why
not?
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