LYSETTE B.

MONTAÑEZ BSAIS-3B
Module 2_Lesson2-3 (Ethical Dilemma)
Exercise 1_Case 1
On your way home having lost your job because your employer had to reduce its personnel due to
continued losses incurred by the company, you meet a homeless man in tattered clothes on the
street that hands you a lottery ticket. He claims that he found it on the ground and as he does not
know how to read and would not know what to do with it, he gave it to you. You thank him and go
on your way. Later, you find out that the lottery ticket was a winner and is now worth P250,000.
You

A. Keep all the money. The lottery ticket was a gift and you need it to start over.
B. Locate the homeless man and split the profits. It is only fair.
C. Donate all the money to a homeless shelter to help the man and the others that are in worse
financial predicament than you.

Answer:
Step 1:
List the alternative courses of action available. What are the options?

A. Keep all the money. The lottery ticket was a gift and you need it to start over.
B. Locate the homeless man and split the profits. It is only fair.
C. Donate all the money to a homeless shelter to help the man and the others that are in worse
financial predicament than you.
D.
Step 2:
What are the consequences on the options available?
Option A. Option A is preferable because it is known that the individual who found the ticket can’t
be traced due to his circumstances given  that he is unable to read but conscience will
undoubtedly pursue me.
Option B. If I tell him that the lottery ticket he bought won thousands of dollars because he has a
kind heart, there’s a chance he won’t agree. And the true owner might track down or ask random
people for it, and the man would most likely claim he saw one but gave it to someone random. He
is unable to read but can recognize faces. In this instance, I may find myself in a difficult
predicament.
Option C. People may be surprised if I receive a particular amount of money as a donation despite
the fact that I recently lost my job, causing a commotion that could go bad.
 Step 3:
Make a decision and act with commitment regardless of the consequences.
Option C appeals to me since I know many homeless people who would benefit from it, and it may
also benefit others whose resources are less stable than mine.
Step 4:
Evaluate the system.
Knowing it wasn’t my money, what I did was wrong, but on the other side, I know the money was
dispersed properly and benefitted many people.

Exercise 1_Case 3
You are stuck in a far flung barrio with a group of 12 travelers after your bus broke  down. Your
guide told all of you that you are about four to five days’ journey from  the nearest town if you
headed north on foot. As the place is noted for banditry,  vehicles are expected to travel only once
a week and only when these are escorted by  the local police or the military. After 2 days, the
extreme heat of the sun caused  everyone to get severely dehydrated. You noticed that
everyone’s water jug is empty.  While resting, you find a water 500-ml mineral water in your
backpack that you never  noticed before. You:
a. Keep it for yourself figuring that you will have a90% chance of making it out  alive; 
b. Feel obligated to inform the leader of the group and let him make a decision;  or 
c. Share it with everyone in the group giving each healthy individual  approximately a
25% of making it out alive.
Answer:
Step 1:
List the alternative courses of action available. What are the options?
a. Keep it for yourself figuring that you will have a90% chance of making it out  alive; 
b. Feel obligated to inform the leader of the group and let him make a decision;  or 
c. Share it with everyone in the group giving each healthy individual  approximately a
25% of making it out alive.
Step 2:
What are the consequences on the options available?
Option A. Knowing that we have long days ahead of us to survive, this is quite
appealing to me. But, if one of us dies from dehydration, I will be held responsible and
guilty.
Option B. There’s a chance the group’s leader is greedy and won’t share it with the
rest of the group, even if members are progressively dehydrating.
Option C. If my water is shared with the group, I may become dehydrated in the
coming days and die.
Step 3:
Make a decision and act with commitment regardless of the consequences.
I’d rather choose option C regardless of what happens to me in the days ahead of us,
as long as I could share it with others, especially those who are becoming
dehydrated. It’s the least I can do to assist.

Step 4:
Evaluate the system.
What I did was fairly selfless in that I didn’t think only about myself. Even though my
chances of survival are slim, I suppose I did the right thing.

Exercise 1_Case 5
You are part of a four-person mining expedition at Mt. Diwalwal, Compostela Valley.  There is a
cave-in and the four of you are trapped in the mine. A rock crushed the leg  of one of the crew
members and he would die without medical attention. You have  established radio contact with the
rescue team and learned it will be 36 hours before  the first drill can reach the space you are all
trapped in. You are able to calculate that  this space has just enough oxygen for three people to
survive for 36 hours but  definitely not enough for four people. What do you do?
a. It is not right to let the crew member die so hope that the drill can make it  in time before the four
of you suffocate. 
b. Discuss a fair way to decide who will sacrifice oneself to save the other  three. No sense in
everyone dying. Save as many as you can. 
c. Talk to the other miners about killing the man with the crushed legs. He  will likely die anyway.
Save yourself.
Answer:
Step 1:
List the alternative courses of action available. What are the options?
a. It is not right to let the crew member die so hope that the drill can make it  in time before the four
of you suffocate. 
b. Discuss a fair way to decide who will sacrifice oneself to save the other  three. No sense in
everyone dying. Save as many as you can. 
c. Talk to the other miners about killing the man with the crushed legs. He  will likely die anyway.
Save yourself.
Step 2:
What are the consequences on the options available?
Option A. We had the option of hoping at the time, but if we did not act, the crew who had crushed
its limb would most likely die, and so we are
Option B. We’ll have to sacrifice one of our team members, which isn’t ideal for my conscience.
Option C. My top priority is to save myself. This time I’m going to be selfish.
Step 3:
Make a decision and act with commitment regardless of the consequences.
I’m in a tough spot, but I’m going to save myself.
Step 4:
Evaluate the system.
What I did was obviously selfish. But, when we don’t have any other options, we have to be selfish
to help ourselves.