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?
Option 3:
“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.”
Task: Is it
ethical (right) to sacrifice a few to save many? What good can come out of
this? What bad can come out of this? When you compare the pros and cons, what
is the right decision?
Option 2:
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.”
1. What was happening by the riverbank?
2. What did the doctor say was the first
duty?
3. Do you agree with what the doctor
said? Explain why or why not?
Option 1: A
man and a doctor are having a conversation after the bomb was dropped.
But there
are many people dying on the riverbank over there.
1. What is at the riverbank?
“The first
duty,” the doctor said, “is to take care of the slightly wounded.”
2. What is the first duty?
“Why—there
are many who are heavily wounded …?”
3. What concerns the man?
The doctor
moved to another patient. “In an emergency like this,” he said, …“the first
task is to help as many as possible—
4. What does the doctor say is the first
task?
…. There is
no hope for the heavily wounded…. We can’t bother with them.”
5. Why can’t they bother with the
heavily wounded?
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