A pregnant woman leading a group of people out of a cave on a coast is stuck in the mouth of that cave. In a short time high tide will be upon them, and unless she is unstuck, they will all be drowned except the woman, whose head is out of the cave. Fortunately, (or unfortunately,) someone has with him a stick of dynamite. There seems no way to get the pregnant woman loose without using the dynamite which will inevitably kill her; but if they do not use it everyone will drown. What should they do?

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Uriah Herrera

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30 September, 14:04

A pregnant woman leading a group of people out of a cave on a coast is stuck in the mouth of that cave. In a short time high tide will be upon them, and unless she is unstuck, they will all be drowned except the woman, whose head is out of the cave. Fortunately, (or unfortunately,) someone has with him a stick of dynamite. There seems no way to get the pregnant woman loose without using the dynamite which will inevitably kill her; but if they do not use it everyone will drown. What should they do?

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Michaela Stone · Answer 1

I will use the dynamite in order to save many lives.

I believe that it is morally right to use the dynamite that will kill the pregnant women rather than to be stuck with a group of people inside mouth of the cave and drowned. I am very aware that if I use a dynamite it would kill the pregnant women, but it does not mean that I intend to kill them, their death is a just the result of my action to save more lives.