ANALYZING MORAL DILEMMASThe following dilemmas ask you to respond with decisions based on moral reason- ing. After thinking carefully about each situation, do the following:• Describe the decision that you would make in this situation and explain why.• Identify the moral value(s) or principle(s) on which you based your decision.• At the conclusion of the activity, compare the moral values that you used. Did you find that you consistently used the same values to make decisions, or did you use different values? If you used different ones, how did the various values relate to one another?• Based on this analysis, describe your general conclusions about your own moral compass.1. The Lifeboat: You are the captain, and your ship struck an iceberg and sank. There are thirty survivors, but they are crowded into a lifeboat designed to hold just seven. With the weather stormy and getting worse, it is obvious that many of the passengers will have to be thrown out of the lifeboat, or it will sink and everyone will drown. Will you have people thrown over the side? If so, on what basis will you decide who will go? Age? Health? Strength? Gender? Size?2. The Whistle-Blower: You are employed by a large corporation that manufactures baby formula. You suspect that a flaw in the manufacturing process has resulted in contamination of the formula in a small number of cases. This contamination can result in serious illness, even death. You have been told by your supervisor that everything is under control and warned that if you blow the whistle by going public, you will be putting the entire company in jeopardy from multimillion- dollar lawsuits. You will naturally be fired and blackballed in the industry. As the sole provider in your household, your family depends on you. What do you do?
