[HMDS] Camp GK Quotes of the Day - (Day 11)
In one of today's activities, we presented a couple scenarios and asked the campers which they thought was more moral and why. Here are the scenarios along with some of their responses:
Scenario 1:
In your mailbox, there’s something from UNICEF. After reading it through, you correctly believe that, unless you soon send in a check for $100, then, instead of each living many more years, over thirty more children will die soon. But, you throw the material in your trash basket, including the convenient return envelope provided. You send nothing, and, instead of living many years, over thirty more children soon die than would have had you sent in the requested $100.
Scenario 2:
Not truly rich, your one luxury in life is a vintage Mercedes sedan that, with much time, attention, and money, you’ve restored to mint condition. In particular, you’re pleased by the car’s fine leather seating.
One day, you stop at the intersection of two small country roads, both lightly traveled. Hearing a voice screaming for help, you get out and see a man who’s wounded and covered with a lot of his blood. Assuring you that his wound’s confined to one of his legs, the man also informs you that he was a medical student for two full years. And, despite his expulsion for cheating on his second year final exams, which explains his indigent status since, he’s knowledgeably tied his shirt near the wound to stop the flow of blood.
Because of the tourniquet, there’s no urgent danger of him losing his life, you’re informed, but there’s great danger of him losing the limb. This can be prevented, however, if you drive him to a rural hospital fifty miles away. “How did this wound occur?” you ask. He admits that, as an avid bird-watcher, he trespassed on a nearby field and, in carelessly leaving, cut himself on rusty barbed wire.
Now, if you’re to aid this trespasser, you must lay him across your fine back seat. But, then, your fine leather upholstery will be soaked through with blood, and restoring the car will cost over five thousand dollars. So, you drive away. Picked up the next day by another driver, he survives but loses the wounded leg.
Below are some of the camper's responses to the scenario's and thoughts they had on in which situation people acted more 'morally'. Thoughtful stuff!
Tin Bling: "I think number two was alot more self centered. Where one, more people than just you are going to donate"
Brooke Barmy: "It makes it look like the more moral one is the first partially because you are spending 100$ to save 30 innocent children, where as on number 2 you spend 5,000$ to save a cheater that broke the law"
Ryan Mauriac: "The Envelope has more people involved and they will die and the sedan, the guys a criminal so why would u want to pick him up anyways."
