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    Thought Experiment: The Shipwreck Situation: Name: Audrey Shane Yray Course/Section: BSE Filipino 1B

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    Audrey discusses a thought experiment involving a sinking ship and overcrowded lifeboat. The options are to throw one person overboard to save the other ten passengers, violating the principle of "do not kill", or for all eleven people to drown by sticking to that principle. Audrey argues that throwing one person overboard is the logical choice as it saves the most lives, relating it to the utilitarian philosophy of maximizing well-being for the greatest number. However, Audrey also acknowledges that sacrificing a life is not ideal and the goal is to make the best difficult decision possible given the dire circumstances.

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    Audrey discusses a thought experiment involving a sinking ship and overcrowded lifeboat. The options are to throw one person overboard to save the other ten passengers, violating the principle of "do not kill", or for all eleven people to drown by sticking to that principle. Audrey argues that throwing one person overboard is the logical choice as it saves the most lives, relating it to the utilitarian philosophy of maximizing well-being for the greatest number. However, Audrey also acknowledges that sacrificing a life is not ideal and the goal is to make the best difficult decision possible given the dire circumstances.

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    Audrey discusses a thought experiment involving a sinking ship and overcrowded lifeboat. The options are to throw one person overboard to save the other ten passengers, violating the principle of "do not kill", or for all eleven people to drown by sticking to that principle. Audrey argues that throwing one person overboard is the logical choice as it saves the most lives, relating it to the utilitarian philosophy of maximizing well-being for the greatest number. However, Audrey also acknowledges that sacrificing a life is not ideal and the goal is to make the best difficult decision possible given the dire circumstances.

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    Name: Audrey Shane Yray

    Course/Section: BSE Filipino 1B

    Thought Experiment: The Shipwreck Situation

    Imagine that you are involved in a shipwreck situation – a ship has started to sink
    in the middle of the ocean. Eleven people have jumped into a lifeboat that has been
    designed for a maximum of ten people only, and the lifeboat is also starting to sink.
    What should the passengers do? Throw one person overboard and save ten lives? Or
    stick to the principle of “do not kill”, which means that everybody will drown? 

    My Explanation:

    I’d rather throw one person overboard just to save ten lives, yes it may sound
    egocentric and it may infringe the principle of “do not kill” but the thing is in that
    situation it is wise to choose an action with the best outcome rather than sticking to the
    principle of not killing someone that may result and lead to the death of the others and
    for me choosing this is not being selfish because to sacrifice such thing to prevent a
    lot more damage is much more of being logical and these judgements of mine is
    somehow related with the philosophical principle of utilitarianism which argues that the
    morally correct decision is the one that maximizes well-being for the greatest number
    of people.

    But I am not saying that sacrificing one life to save ten is ok, what I’m trying to
    prove and say is that we need to come up with the best decision even if we need to
    resolve it in an unethical way and I’m just being realist that understands what is real
    and possible in a particular situation.

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