HW Mr. Padilla 2.10.17

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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