Morally Obligated Research Paper

Morally Obligated means “a duty which one owns, and which he ought to perform.” So if you are at some party or just walking and you see a person drowning what do you do? Do you help them or just watch? Well you probably help them, but what if there was a 50% chance you would die saving them, do you still save them? Now you're debating if to help them or not. Well in the real world you can never be 100% sure you won't get hurt. So doing the right thing and helping might get you hurt or even worse kill you. So I think no person is morally obligated to do whatever. If the saver is an excellent swimmer or doesn't know how to swim I still think they should only do it if they feel comfortable and aren't going to get hurt. If the saver is a bad …show more content…
And I think I will stick with my first answer, If you feel like you're not going to get hurt you should alway try to save the drowning person. The chances of saving a small person are probably greater than a huge man but you should still try.

Another scenario is if the victim is a known sex offender or if the victim is in panic and there a chance they'll pull you down. If the victim is a sex offender you should only save them if you are 100% positive you won't get hurt. I am only saying save the sex offender because life in prison is much worse than ending it. Also if there is a chance that the victim might pull you down then I say still try but be in control and grab them not let them grab you. But still only save someone if you are sure you won't get hurt, losing one person in better than two.

The last part of this is, Should there be laws that punish capable people for NOT helping? I say absolutely not, What determines if someone is capable of saving someone. And thats like saying someone should be punished for not taking the risk of hurting them self. Only the bystander can determine if the can or want to help a drowning person not the law determines that. And saving the person is the right thing but losing one is better than

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