Problem: You are a Doctor, attempting to find a cure to a deadly disease that has infected a city...
Problem: You are a Doctor, attempting to find a cure to a deadly disease that has infected a city of eight hundred people. You have created a cure, but there is very little in storage- only enough for two hundred. Your colleague has suggested another cure which will save everyone, however it is experimental and has only a one in four chance of working.
by Lukas Daniel-Pedersen
1. Decide and Act: Many of the alternatives involve lying a way of immoral stance. Therefore it only leaves the two opposites. My idea would be to deny the extra curriculum activity then go to my friend’s social gathering.
1.1. With the hypothetical situation what would happen would be that your grade would maintain a B. This would be the downside. The upside however would be that you now hold a good social reputation. Your life will not be affected majorly with this decision. It may affect your morale on your abilities to get grades but you can still work hard. It has affected your friends by being their friends adding another friend to their group. We learned that social interactions have priority in the situation of a promise or if the activity you are doing is simply a benefit and not a helpful maneuver.
2. Alternatives: Join, or Don’t. So you can either lie and skip a few days of the club in order to hang out with your friends, (lie and say you were sick) Or you don’t go making your grade a B in order for you to have a good social representation.
2.1. This is a dedicated club meaning that you cannot simply skip a day without further notice and only for formal reasons. You need this extra credit to make yourself have an A. You friends will be unhappy if you don’t come. The party might be fun. Note: There will be no drugs, or alcohol, or other immoral substances. It is obviously morally wrong to lie- but you could also get caught. Also, you might not be able to live with the guilt.
2.1.1. Identify Your Values: Your grade would be a personal benefit Friend’s “get together” is a group benefit Due to many cultures I grew up in a place where you prioritize others before yourself. That is prioritization that is common in many cultures. I and many others value friends and social interactions. I value my grades but the value of social choices hold heavier value for me.