Discussion 1:Lost! You are the captain of a ship. A fire on board has destroyed the radio. From the rate the water is rising inside the ship you estimate that it will sink in between two hours and two...

You are the captain of a ship. A fire on board has destroyed the radio. From the rate the water is rising inside the ship you estimate that it will sink in between two hours and two and a half hours. You did not tell the authorities of your destination.

It will take about 45 minutes to launch the only boat and it will take 15 minutes for each person to be lowered into the boat and they can only go one at a time. They can't jump as the water is shark infested. The nearest land is an uninhabited tropical island 18 miles distant.

The ship's manifest with a basic description of each passenger can be found in the PDF attached .

Please keep in mind, a passenger can

NOT

be separated from the item he or she is carrying for any reason.

Based on these calculations, you can definitely save five passengers.(Keep in mind, #6 and #7 may or may not make it onto the lifeboat). You might be able to save an additional two, depending on how quickly the boat sinks.

Your task is to decide which people will enter the boat, and in which order. Everyone has agreed to abide by your decision. Items held by individuals must stay with the owner; they cannot be transferred to other people.

As you do this, please follow the guidelines below.

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  Consensus is hard to achievebut much better to argue with logic than to use a majority vote.


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  Avoid win-lose stalemates:everyone needs to buy in to the eventual solution if possible.


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  View differences of opinion as creative:the more ideas the more potential for conflict, but also the richer the pool of resources to choose from.


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  Be careful of reaching agreement too soon, before all options have been carefully considered.


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  Try to argue your case calmlyand with logic: appreciate the views of others even if different from your own.

After watching the Trolley Problem videos,reading the encyclopedia entry, and listening to my lectures,I'm interested to hear your opinion.

What would you do in each situation and why?

1.There is an empty runaway train barreling towards five railroad workers. You can pull the switch and divert the trainto the other track. On the other track there is only a single railroad worker.

2.There is a empty runaway trainbarreling towards five railroad workers. You can push an immenselyfat man off of a bridge above the track. His girth is such that he will stop the train and save the five railroad workers, but he will be killed in the process.

3.There is an empty trainbarreling towards five people who have been tied to the track, cartoon style.You can push an immensely fat man off of a bridge above the track. His girth is such that he will stop the train and save the five people,but hewill be killed in the process. Also, by the way, this immensely fat man is the one who tied the five people to the railroad track in the first place.

4.There is an empty runaway train barreling towards five railroad workers. You can pull the switch and divert the trainto an abandoned track. This track will send the train careening over the side of a cliff. At the bottom of the cliff is a man sleeping in his house. He has no connection to the railroad company. The train will destroy the sleeping man's house, and the sleeping man will die a fiery death.

5.There is an empty runaway trainbarreling towards five
hundredrailroad workers. You can pull the switch and divert the trainto the othertrack. On the other track there is only a single person. That person happens to be your mother (or father, sister, aunt, whoever you prefer).

NB: all videos and documents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOpf6KcWYyw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WB3Q5EF4Sg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N_RZJUAQY4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZULuedsaB9U

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem