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Summarize the case or caselet.
What is the ethical issue(s) in this case?
What are some possible solutions to the case?
What reasons support those solutions?
What do you think should be done, and why?
What are some questions for class discussion?
Explain how an ethical theory that we have studied or read about might help you with this case. Use Powerpoint.
Lifeboat Case In 1842, a ship struck an iceberg, and more than 30 survivors were crowded into a lifeboat intended to hold 7. As a storm threatened, it became obvious that the lifeboat would have to be lightened if anyone were to survive. The captain reasoned that the right thing to do in this situa±on was to force some individuals to go over the side and drown. Such an ac±on, he reasoned, was not unjust to those thrown overboard, for they would have drowned anyway. If he did nothing, however, he would be responsible for the deaths of those whom he could have saved. Some people opposed the captain’s decision. They claimed that if nothing were done and everyone died as a result, no one would be responsible for these deaths. On the other hand, if the captain a²empted to save some, he could do so only by killing others and their deaths would be his responsibility; this would be worse than doing nothing and le³ng all die. The captain rejected this reasoning. Since the only possibility for rescue required great eForts of rowing, the captain decided that the weakest would have to be sacri´ced. In this situa±on it would be absurd, he thought, to decide by drawing lots who should be thrown overboard. As it turned out, aµer days of hard rowing, the survivors were rescued and the captain was tried for his ac±on. QUESTIONS 1. Did the captain make the right decision? Why or why not? 2. What other choices could the captain have made? 3. If you had been on the jury, how would you have decided? Why? 4. Which ethical theory or theories could be applied here? How? Source: Adapted from www.friesian.com/valley/dilemmas.htm . Assignment: Prepare a case presenta±on that addresses the ques±ons above. In addi±on to these ques±ons, prepare at least two arguments, with reasons, for and against the captain’s decision (one for each side). In class we will discuss this case, in some team-like way. ¶or your case assignment, include the two arguments, with notes on your reasons suppor±ng them.
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