Week 5 - les 1

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

ETHICAL DILEMMAS

In other words: what would you do?

PROGRAMME

1. Short reading activity in LessonUp
2. Do the worksheet 'lesson 3' on Itslearning
3. Hand it in when done (but before 8:00 PM)

Reading text

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?

Question 1:

Exactly why are the people stuck? Answer in Dutch.

Extract 1

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.

Exactly why are the people stuck? Answer in Dutch.

Question 2:

Will the woman die if the dynamite is used?

Extract 2

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?

Will the woman die if the dynamite is used?

1. Yes
2. No

What SHOULD they do? Answer in English!