Three Case I: Should We Sacrifice One To Save Five
Sandhya Kal
IME 402-06
Professor Erik Jackiw
4.29.15
Midterm Paper: Three Cat Book stories Analysis
Case I: Should We Sacrifice One to Save Five?
A. This case is about a train driver that is facing a dilemma that has three different options to approach it. He has been given notice that his locomotive has a design fault that means that his train will blow up if it is going under fifty mph, which would kill the five hundred passengers on board. If he does not slow down, he would kill five people that are tied to the railroad that he is currently moving on. If not, he can press a button that would divert the train onto another railroad which can save the five people, but would kill one person that is tied to that railroad. So if he presses the …show more content…
A. Ben and Bill are identical twins that have very opposite personalities in which Ben is not aggressive, no violent impulses, owns a poodle and rarely loses control. Bill on the other hand is aggressive by nature, struggles with violent impulses, owns a bulldog and often loses control. After getting into a fight with a sales person, in which Ben was holding the guy down while Bill was beating him up. After going to court, Ben ended up with a longer time in jail than Bill. Ben can change this verdict with some sound philosophical decision. (Stangrom, 46-47)
B. When looking at the situation, I took a very sudden and strict choice that Ben should not receive a higher sentence than Bill because he did not do anything as close to as bad as what Bill had done. When looking at other reasons, Bill does not deserve more jail time however, because he did not do anything incorrect, his increase of testosterone levels will always be with him and he won’t be able to control it. However I do consider that Bill could have learned to control his extra testosterone levels and he could have controlled his anger towards the salesperson, but that is another question to consider differently. When asked the simple question should Bill receive lesser sentence then Ben? No, he should not have and I completely agree with this
IME 402-06
Professor Erik Jackiw
4.29.15
Midterm Paper: Three Cat Book stories Analysis
Case I: Should We Sacrifice One to Save Five?
A. This case is about a train driver that is facing a dilemma that has three different options to approach it. He has been given notice that his locomotive has a design fault that means that his train will blow up if it is going under fifty mph, which would kill the five hundred passengers on board. If he does not slow down, he would kill five people that are tied to the railroad that he is currently moving on. If not, he can press a button that would divert the train onto another railroad which can save the five people, but would kill one person that is tied to that railroad. So if he presses the …show more content…
A. Ben and Bill are identical twins that have very opposite personalities in which Ben is not aggressive, no violent impulses, owns a poodle and rarely loses control. Bill on the other hand is aggressive by nature, struggles with violent impulses, owns a bulldog and often loses control. After getting into a fight with a sales person, in which Ben was holding the guy down while Bill was beating him up. After going to court, Ben ended up with a longer time in jail than Bill. Ben can change this verdict with some sound philosophical decision. (Stangrom, 46-47)
B. When looking at the situation, I took a very sudden and strict choice that Ben should not receive a higher sentence than Bill because he did not do anything as close to as bad as what Bill had done. When looking at other reasons, Bill does not deserve more jail time however, because he did not do anything incorrect, his increase of testosterone levels will always be with him and he won’t be able to control it. However I do consider that Bill could have learned to control his extra testosterone levels and he could have controlled his anger towards the salesperson, but that is another question to consider differently. When asked the simple question should Bill receive lesser sentence then Ben? No, he should not have and I completely agree with this