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03-14-2007, 04:19 AM
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DECISION MAKING
A group of children was playing near two railway tracks, one still
in use and the other disused. Only one child played on the disused
track, the rest on the operational track. The train came, and you
are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train
change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids.
However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused
track would be killed . Will you let the train go on its way or
switch its tracks?
Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could
make................
Do strain yr brains.
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Many of us might choose to divert the course of the train, and
sacrifice only one child. They might think the same way, I guess
because to save most of the children at the expense of only one
child was rational decision most people would make, morally and
emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to
play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to
play at a safe place?
Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant
friends who chose to play where the danger was.This kind of dilemma
happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics
and especially in a democratic society, the minority (here the word
does not mean the contemporary political word-minority) is often
sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish
or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable
the minority are. The child who chose not to play with the rest on
the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was
sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.
The friend who forwarded me the story said he would not try to
change the course of the train because he believed that the kids
playing on the operational track should have known very well that
track was still in use,and that they should have run away if they
heard the train's sirens. If the train was diverted, that lone
child would definitely die because he never thought the train could
come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use
probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the
track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake!
And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child,
you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few
kids. While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions
that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may
not always be the right one.
"Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's
popular isn't always right."
Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils.
DECISION MAKING
A group of children was playing near two railway tracks, one still
in use and the other disused. Only one child played on the disused
track, the rest on the operational track. The train came, and you
are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train
change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids.
However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused
track would be killed . Will you let the train go on its way or
switch its tracks?
Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could
make................
Do strain yr brains.
>.
>.
>
>.
>.
Thought???.........
>.
>.
>
>.
>.
>.
>.
>.
>.
>.
>.
Many of us might choose to divert the course of the train, and
sacrifice only one child. They might think the same way, I guess
because to save most of the children at the expense of only one
child was rational decision most people would make, morally and
emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to
play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to
play at a safe place?
Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant
friends who chose to play where the danger was.This kind of dilemma
happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics
and especially in a democratic society, the minority (here the word
does not mean the contemporary political word-minority) is often
sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish
or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable
the minority are. The child who chose not to play with the rest on
the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was
sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.
The friend who forwarded me the story said he would not try to
change the course of the train because he believed that the kids
playing on the operational track should have known very well that
track was still in use,and that they should have run away if they
heard the train's sirens. If the train was diverted, that lone
child would definitely die because he never thought the train could
come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use
probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the
track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake!
And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child,
you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few
kids. While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions
that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may
not always be the right one.
"Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's
popular isn't always right."
Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils.