Introduction:
This case study is based on a real life incident of Bowen H. McCoy, MD of Morgan Stanley. He participated in the sabbatical program for six months. He took the trip to Himalaya Mountain which is Nepal for three months. During the hike on Himalaya he met many different nationalities people; that were from New Zealand, Japan, Swiss, and People who live in the Mountain (Sherpa’s). While climbing to the Mountain he runs into Moral dilemma when he comes across the naked Sadhu. Sadhu is the holy Indian men. One of the New Zealander found an Indian Sadhu who carried Sadhu on his soldiers and kept on his feet. The Sadhu was shivering, suffering from Hypothermia and near to his death. The moral dilemma comes into role when author and other people whom he met on his trip while climbing the mountain are forced to make the decision to go down the mountain to save the life of the Sadhu and not to climb the peak and experience something new for which they had came from their countries. They were ignoring the fact to help the Sadhu in order fulfill their personal wish.
I. Absolutes:
The Fact was all people climbing to the mountain who came across the Sadhu wanted to help as much as they can, and then wanted to pass the buck to others. They all acted through the ethical thoughts because they felt obliged to help Sadhu. Each of the individual groups of people did a individual job to help because none of them went the complete way and wanted to save Sadhu‘s life.
II. Legal:
Although everybody has contributed nobody took the responsibility of the Sadhu health or safety.
Stephen’s also argued that everyone did their bit as long as they were convenient and then passed on the buck to others. He said to the author that how different the action would it have been if it there would be a well dressed Asian or a Western Woman, then the response toward helping the person would be different? Author then