MODULE 1 | LEARNING TASK

Answer the following questions. 5 points each.

1. There are only 10 spaces in the lifeboat, but there are 11 passengers on the sinking ship. A
decision must be made. Who will stay behind?
- Everyone on the ship can also ask each other if there is one from them who wants to
volunteer and sacrifice for he/she knows that he/she is capable of saving himself/herself. If no
one wants to do it, I think they should assess each person on the sinking ship to deliberate who is
least helpful in a survival situation. Since there is no specific profile or information given about
the 11 passengers on the ship, they must leave the person who they think would be a hindrance
on the survival of the other passengers; someone who is least likely to survive or recover from
the given situation or can be someone who they think may worsen the situation. On the other
side, if the most of the passengers we’re have a small-built body, maybe the boat can occupy all
the 11 passengers.

2. A train with broken brakes is speeding towards a fork in the tracks. On the left, there is a
woman crossing with her two children; on the right, there is a man doing routine maintenance on
the tracks. If you are an engineer, which side will you choose?
- If I am the engineer, the side that I will choose is the right one. In this situation, we
have positive and negative duties. The latter is the obligation to refrain from harming others
while the former one is the obligation to actively do good – in this case, to save lives. As a matter
of principle, our negative duties to avoid harm are always more urgent and weigh more than our
positive duties, thus breaching a negative duty to stop from harming others in order to fulfill a
positive responsibility to aid someone is also not justifiable. But in this case, I would rather
choose to save more people from the given scenario considering those two children who I want
to at least enjoy their youth and has a lot more to see in the world.

3. Is Death Penalty ethical or unethical? Why?

- Death penalty does not work as a deterrent; it is profoundly an immoral practice. How
can we actually claim to be a just society if we murder our own people? How is it ethically right
to do the same thing to them if we consider their murder to be so heinous? How can we thrive as
a society if we continuously resort to the same practices? Considering how the justice system
works in different countries, a lot of innocent people can die because they are wrongfully
accused. It is predominantly used against impoverished people, minorities, and even religious
groups. Thus, I consider death penalty unethical; it simply has no place in our world because
death is not and will never be a justice, even for the worst among us.

4. What do you choose: Stay living unhappily or Commit suicide and await uncertainty after life?
Why?
 - I would rather choose stay living unhappily than take my own life simply because I
believe that there are still many more possibilities available to me in the future. I know that my
life doesn’t stop just because I feel like I have been living unhappily; I believe that I have the
ability of transforming my own life and that I can rewrite my own narrative. I should keep in
mind that I am capable of a magical change. Taking opportunities in life can be risky, but we
have to take a chance. The essence of taking chances is that anything can happen. We might fall,
get hurt, or be embarrassed; but that is all part of living. What matters the most is that we
continue to grow. After all, our life is designed to be motivated and fueled by His vision; we do
not have to live a mediocre existence.