dukey wrote:There are 10 people in a lifeboat. There is a small child, some teenagers, some adults, and a old man. The problem is, the boat only holds 9 people, so who do you throw out and leave to die ?
At the Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division, the panel of judges found that there was insufficient 'necessity' for the killing. The judges argued that allowing an exception to murder for certain perilous circumstances would set a dangerous precedent for the future, as courts could interpret the decision to acquit other forms of killing. The presiding justice, Lord Coleridge, went as far as to call Dudley and Stephens' actions inconsistent with the morals of civilized societies, pointing out the virtues of Greco-Roman literature and the Biblical story of Jesus. Other quotes include:
To preserve one's life is generally speaking a duty, but it may be the plainest and the highest duty to sacrifice it. [...] It is not correct, therefore, to say that there is any absolute or unqualified necessity to preserve one's life.
dukey wrote:The problem is, the boat only holds 9 people
dukey wrote:If I had just said the boat only holds 9 people, think of a solution
the duty is not to save yourself, but to save others by throwing yourself out of the boat.
dukey wrote:There are 10 people in a lifeboat. There is a small child, some teenagers, some adults, and a old man. The problem is, the boat only holds 9 people, so who do you throw out and leave to die ?
paimei01 wrote:I know the answer ! This is a test of thinking outside the box
You take turns swimming outside the boat, the ones who can. Anyway the one who you throw off the boat will do just that, so why not take turns.
The initial problem does not say that the boat has to go somewhere and the one outside will not be able to swim as fast as the boat or something
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Eli wrote:
This is exactly right we all agree to take turns swimming and Pamei is the first one to take a turn.
Once she is in the water wham! Smash her with the oar no fuss no muss problem solved.
seahorse wrote:but people sacrifice themselves or put their lives at risk everyday for strangers, i.e. firemen, policemen, soldiers, rescuers who just happen by.
seahorse wrote:one cannot cheat death, and thus, accepting your own mortality, you act for the benefit of the common good, not yourself.
kevincarter wrote:
People who were on United 93 were diffrent though, they knew for certain that they were ALL going to die so they did something about it.
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