"Life Boat"

1) I think that the defendants is guilty of murder. Though they were protecting themselves from harm and felt that the best way to save themselves is by not letting anyone that can jeopardize the people on the boat, they still had open space open for someone else to be saved. The crew men picked the strongest people onto the boat which is wrong. They should have tried to save the pregnant woman because two lives could have been saved. It should not matter about the strength the person have but they should have saved anyone that the can save.

2) The crew is morally wrong, they did not save the people that cried for help. How can someone have the courage to push someone off the boat knowing that the people is left to die? that is morally wrong. Morals is what is you believe is right and wrong but, when it comes to situation where you have the chance to make decision on whether the person lives or dies, that is morally wrong.

3) The utilitarian philosopher would state that the crew did the right thing because they looked at the best way to survive. They would also state that the boat can only hold certain numbers of people and had to look at the best alternative. In utilitarianism morally right act is looking at the best consequences for all affects. Deontology will state that moral in life is to treat people the way you would want to be treated. The deontology  claims that it does not matter about the future consequences but rather at the present actions. Such as Kant, who believes that though they might do the right thing, it is a selfish act and being that they have no more values.