What Other Choices Could The Captain Have Made

1. Did the captain make the right decision? Why or why not? Yes and no. I think the situation could have been handled a lot better. I think it was wrong that he was just picking people to be kicked off of the life boat that would drown. I think wrong that he was choosing the people that were going to be killed, but at no point did he offer himself up. This is a very difficult question because at the same time he was trying to help the people that were on his boat survive.

2. What other choices could the captain have made?
Originally the captain could have made sure that he had the proper number of lifeboats for the people that he was going to be transporting. He could have sacrificed himself in order to help the others survive or he could
have done nothing and hung on to the small chance that all of them could maintain themselves until they were recused.

3. If you had been on the jury, how would you have decided? Why?
I would have found him guilty of murder because he was purposefully picking specific people to die. Instead of offering himself or them all coming to a decision of what they were going to do.

4. Which ethical theory or theories could be applied here?

I think the theory that best fits this story is the ethics for the greater good theory. The captain was trying to save the largest amount of people that he could even though he had to sacrifice some along the way.