활동 내용: Ethical dilemma: You can only save one
You are the captain of an interstellar cargo transport headed to port when you receive two distress calls. The first is from a labor ship, whose passengers are running out of oxygen. The other from a luxury space cruiser which has lost a thruster, sending them careening into danger. With only enough time to save one ship, which should you choose? this is a classic ethical dilemma.
Is it acceptable to sacrifice one person in order to save the lives of several others? This question has been the subject of debate among philosophers, ethicists and legal experts for decades, with reference to a well-known moral thought experiment: the trolley problem. A “trolley” (tram) is traveling towards five men working on the track, and is not braking. The person manning the points could divert the trolley to a side track, on which just one person is working. Should the points operator sacrifice one person in order to save five?
However, there were differences between the countries when it came to the general willingness to sacrifice peoples’ lives. In the first scenario, for example, 82 percent of Germans would approve of sacrificing the individual person, and the values are similar in most western countries. It is only in some east Asian countries that the degree of willingness to sacrifice one human life in order to save the lives of several others is noticeably lower. In China, for example, just 58 percent of participants would approve of pulling the switch in the first scenario.
The researchers discovered a noticeable connection in relation to other aspects of life that are particular to individual countries. In countries where it is difficult to forge new relationships beyond traditional social constructs such as family or work, the degree of willingness to sacrifice one human life is lower. The scientists assume that people shrink from making controversial and unpopular decisions when they are afraid of losing their current relationships. “People may worry that they might be perceived as ‘monsters’ if they are willing to sacrifice a person's life for the greater good. It is still too early to draw a clear, causal link between people's culture-specific moral choices and the ease with which they can form new relationships. there is growing evidence that how reputation is cultivated in a particular culture may influence the moral intuitions of the people from this culture.”
-How would you choose one of the two spaceships?
I think we should get a spaceship with a college student on it. Of course, there is a reason why I made this decision because I am in my 20s. That's because I know the value of youth better for college students. First of all, the rationale for considering all the remaining life span came to my mind. And there was an opinion that workers who have lived a hard life should be given a chance first, but at this crossroads of life and death, I don't think the previous life is considered a great deal. Who doesn't want to live? Desperate things will be the same for everyone.
But I think the ideal choice is to toss a coin. This is literally a dilemma, so I think it's most likely half-and-half to leave everything to chance at this time.
-Tell me about your experience facing an ethical dilemma
There was a time when I got 2nd place in my major exam and my best friend got 1st place. The professor said he would only give A+ to the first place. My friend didn't see my grade and I found out that I received A+ due to an Excel file error even though I was in second place. In the end, I told my friend that I didn't have the courage to tell the professor directly, but if you told me to, I would tell him, and his grades were corrected.
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