A Shipwreck Has Occurred in the Middle of the Pacific

question 2

Multiple Choice

A shipwreck has occurred in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and there was no time to radio for help. It is a thousand miles distance to Africa. Rescue may not be coming. A captain has a gun in a lifeboat but too many people want to get in and a storm approaches. If the captain follows utilitarian ethical theory he will choose to include which of the following as those who get to stay inside (and probably, to live) ?

• A) Only those already inside the boat with whom he has developed a caring relationship.
• B) He would choose by drawing straws (use a lottery).
• C) He would choose those who were the strongest (best rowers, most endurance).
• D) He would give up his place to an elderly person in the water who was likely to soon drown.
• E) He would not make any choice at all.

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