philosophy is THE LAME.
hahahha. cant believe we were discussing such rubbish during LA. O.o
The Trolley Problem
John is the driver of a trolley, whose brakes have failed. On the track ahead of him are five people; the banks are so steep that they will not be able to get off the track in time. The track has a spur leading off to the right, and John can turn the trolley onto it. Unfortunately, there is one person on the right hand track. John can turn the trolley, killing the one; or he can refrain from turning the trolley. What should John do?
John: The Transplant Doctor on a Mission
John has five patients who need organ transplants. Two of them need a lung; two need a kidney; the fifth needs a heart. Alice walks into John's office for her annual check-up. John kills Alice, gives her lungs to the first two patients, her kidneys to the other two, and her heart to the fifth, thus saving five lives for the price of one. Would you defend John on grounds of necessity?
CVS To the Rescue
John goes into his local CVS to buy some Dorrito chips for Alice. While he is standing at the counter, he suffers a heart-attack. Unless he receives an immediate dose of nitroglycerine, he will die. John staggers back to the pharmacy, plunks a ten dollar bill down on the counter, and asks for the drug. Henry, the pharmacist on duty, sells the drug to John without a prescription because there is no time to find a doctor. Is Henry guilty of selling a drug without a prescription?
John Takes Alice's Jaguar for a Spin
John, who always fancied himself as a bit of a playboy, borrows Alice's Jaguar for a joy-ride around town. While speeding down Main street, tape deck blaring, the brakes fail and he loses control of the car. The car is heading straight for an intersection where a group of 20 nursery school children are crossing with their teachers. He could let the car continue on its path or swerve into the bookshop on the corner where there is a salesperson in the window changing the window display. If he smashes into the group, he may only be charged with involuntary manslaughter. If he plows into the bookshop, he could be charged with voluntary manslaughter, perhaps even murder. John decides to run the Jaguar into the bookshop. He turns the wheel and crashes into the window display, killing the salesperson instantly. He is arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter. He pleads necessity. If he had not crashed into the bookshop, he argues, many more people would have died. If you were the judge, would you find John guilty as charged?
HAHA. okay so these are scenarios. dont know why it's always John and Alice =.= LOL. then we were discussing on 2 different view points, absolutism and relativism. sounds chim but it's damn lame =.= shant elaborate :P
anyway! today felt super tired D: omg i still cannot adapt myself back to school life. CHIANG. omg la he give homework everyday D: mad ar! =.= but good in a way cos it makes us practise our maths regularly:P there's chem quiz tomorrow! :X heard that nothing is from the websites although susan chew said that 50% are from the websites =.=
oh and IVLE died D: cannot access. and everything.. yes EVERYTHING is there D: matthew lim gave up on uploading stuffs there xD LOL.
OH. and this rubbish site that deline soh showed us. chao lame.xD
http://philosophy.eserver.org/chicken.txt
haha and fiqz showed me this video AND IT'S DAMN FUNNYYY.xD
I KILL YOU!!
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