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A group of children were playing near two railway tracks,
one still in use while the other disused. Only one child
played on the disused track, the rest on the operational
track.
The train is coming, and you are just beside the track
interchange. You can make the train change its course to the
disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would
also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would
be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?
Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we
could make................
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Most people might choose to divert the course of the train,
and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way,
I guess. Exactly, I thought the same way initially because
to save most of the children at the expense of only one
child was rational decision most people would make, morally
and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child
choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the
right decision to play at a safe place?!
Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his
ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was.
This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the
office, community, in politics and especially in a
democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the
interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant
the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the
minority are. The child who chose not to play with the rest
on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he
was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.
The great critic Leo Velski Julian who told the story said
he would not try to change the course of the train because
he believed that the kids playing on the operational track
should have known very well that track was still in use, and
that they should have run away if they heard the train's
sirens. If the train was diverted, that lone child would
definitely die because he never thought the train could come
over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use
probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted
to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on
board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by
sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds
of people to save these few kids.
While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions
that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty
decisions may not always be the right one.
"Remember that what's right isn't always
popular... and what's popular isn't always
right."
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