Thursday, October 1, 2009

In class we read two articles on human nature. One was Is Morality Natural? by Marc D. Hauser and the other was What Makes Us Moral by Jeffrey Kluger. Although we read these articles a while ago I can not get the questions asked out of my mind. Would I be able to push someone off a sinking lifeboat, even if they were already about to die? Could I divert a train to kill one man instead of five? Could I kill my crying baby to save the lives of others? Could I kill someone else's baby? All of these questions have been running through my head and have been making me think. For starters I do not think I could do any of things but I would not be opposed to let someone else do it. The thought of killing someone with my own hands made me already feel guilt but then the fact that i was letting someone else do it made me feel no guilt at all. Looking at the situation now though I realize I should feel just as guilty for encouraging someone else to do it. This is human nature. Humans see something going on and just because were not involved makes us feel as though its okay when really it is just as bad for us to not do anything about it. 

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