Moral dilemmas

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Moral

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In the boxes below you will find different moral dilemmas. Work in pairs and discuss them. Are there any reasonable solutions for the different dilemmas?

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As a citizen in the USA, you have no money to pay for your daughter’s necessary surgery. One day someone hands you a suitcase full of money, which you can spend however, you want. There is just one catch, if you spend the money, someone you do not know will die. What do you do?

You are a psychologist. One of your patients just confessed that he had murdered someone and dug down the body. If you go to the Police and tell the story, you will be breaking your doctor-patient confidentiality. If you do not report it, your patient will get away with murder. What will you do?

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You and your class have a big math test at the private school you are attending. You sit next to your friend who is much better at math than you are, so you decide to copy his answers without him knowing it. Suddenly both of you have to report to the principal’s office to explain yourselves. If you tell the principal that your friend cheated, he will have to quit school because his scholarship will be revoked. If you say that you are the cheater, your parents will not buy you that computer you have been wanting. What will you do?

A bird flies into and makes a hole in a hot air balloon carrying three people: a man, a women and a child. Two of the persons can be saved if one person jumps overboard. The woman knows how to pilot the balloon, the man knows the cure for cancer, and the young girl is totally innocent. Who should jump?

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In the Amazon Rainforest, a poor farmer is arrested for illegal logging. He simply chopped down trees to get cropland to grow food to support his family. The Police charges him for illegal activities and he is sentenced to jail. Should the Police take into consideration his serious environmental crimes or his starving family?

You work as a paramedic. One day you are sent to the scene of a car accident where to adults and three small children are seriously injured. On the way, your ambulance passes the scene of another accident, which too your surprise involves your pregnant wife who is seriously injured. You are the only paramedic available for both accident scenes. What do you do?

You are an inmate in a concentration camp. A sadistic guard is about to hang your son who tried to escape and wants you to pull the chair from underneath him. He says that if you don’t he will not only kill your son but some other innocent inmate as well. You don’t have any doubt that he means what he says. What should you do?

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(Source: http://listverse.com /2007/10/21 /top-10- moral-dilemmas/)