I can't get your link to work. Is this that old Brit. tv show with #6 called "The Prisoner?" I didn't get that show for a while but it grew on me. It had quite the cult following back in the 80's but I haven't heard about it in years and years.
In a moral dilemma, I believe the actionable person would do what he/she believes is in his/her best interests. If more then one person is involved there is likely to be lively debate and a probable fight in which the strongest and most determined will when. I'll stick with the moral axiom that women and children are first, old men and the crew go down with the ship. Of course, who knows how one will react when in a crisis? Self preservation is a wonderful motivator. I would allow people to sell their organs. If the healthy fellow was selfless enough to give up his organs in trade for something, i think he should be allowed to do so. I think it is wrong, of course, to kill one to save five. We actually have laws against this. dj On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 3:31 AM, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Welcome to the group, Pavan. > > Such questions can be useful to start discussions, but I'm not sure > how much they solve. As Neil commented in another thread, setting > (context) is important, and in such questions the setting is usually > simplified. Sometimes I feel that such questions have the goal of > setting up objective rules, which we hope free us from the individual > responsibility of making a decision; 'I decided to do so, because > that's the (moral) "law",' can be a personal cop-out. The subject > cannot be reckoned out of the discussion. > > One (simple) answer would be to apply the categorical imperative: > "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time > will that it should become a universal law." > —Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals > > If you like such questions, the following link is an interesting > discussion of various aspects of "the Prisoner's Dilemma." It's not > short, but the method of presentation (a SF story) makes it > interesting: > http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/01/three-worlds-collide.htm > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
