Nancy, I don't believe that the story is so much as a false dilemma as depiction of a situation. Regardless of his choices, in the story, Heinz stole the drug. Now you have to determine if he was wrong to do so and most importantly, why. As it has already been mentioned, there are numerous real life cases where people find themselves faced with a perceived dilemma and make bad choices that get them into trouble. Just look at all of the murders caused by spouses (like the recently convicted rabbi who killed his wife). In the long run the divorce or even reconciliation would have ben a lot cheaper.
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Hello,
I would like to interject a tangential (though not entirely unrelated)
point.
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The Heinz dilemma is an absurd false dilemma. There are other possibilities
besides "stealing the drug" and "letting the wife die."
That's just my $0.02 on it.
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Herb Coleman
IT Manager, Rio Grande Campus
Adjunct Psychology Professor
Austin Community College
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* "I wish none of this had happened." *
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* "So do all who live to see such times. *
* But that is not for them to decide. *
* All we have to decide is what to do *
* with the time that is given to us. *
* There are other forces at work in this *
* world,..., besides the will of evil." *
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A conversation between Frodo and Gandalf
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