Hicup
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This is a story I sort of made up on another forum to show a young person how to articulate what a moral dilemma is. He could not spot the dilemma, and I'm wondering if anyone here can, and why.
The story goes....
You're the chief of an obscure Indonesian tribe. Your people are starving there is mass famine, all of the livestock, and game are dead or dying. The plants and produce are dead and cannot grow. Water is scarce.
A competing tribe not as bad off, offers apples, but some of the apples are poisoned and they tell you, but they don't know which apples are good or bad. Your tribe is too weak to fight other tribes for their food, so you as the chief have to make a decision.
As the chief what do you do and why?
1) Give out the apples anyway and not tell anyone?
2) Give out the apples but tell everyone?
3) Not give out the apples?
Discuss..
Tim-
The story goes....
You're the chief of an obscure Indonesian tribe. Your people are starving there is mass famine, all of the livestock, and game are dead or dying. The plants and produce are dead and cannot grow. Water is scarce.
A competing tribe not as bad off, offers apples, but some of the apples are poisoned and they tell you, but they don't know which apples are good or bad. Your tribe is too weak to fight other tribes for their food, so you as the chief have to make a decision.
As the chief what do you do and why?
1) Give out the apples anyway and not tell anyone?
2) Give out the apples but tell everyone?
3) Not give out the apples?
Discuss..
Tim-