Lifeboat Reconsidered

We first learned about the lifeboat theory from Koha'k in which there were three options, they were save no one, save only a few or save everyone. With Midgley she also has some ideas about the lifeboat theory and those are save everyone or save no one. In the case of the lifeboat theory we are not always in that type of situation in that we need to figure out if we save everyone or don't save everyone. We need to limit the thought of the lifeboat theory and not use the metaphor all the time. With the lifeboat theory I think it canbe a good thing sometimes but it is something that should not be taken so seriously because we are not always going to be in that type of situation where we are going to have to choose who is saved and who is going to die. The idea about the lifeboat can be helpful but I don't agree with what Midgley thinks in that we only have two options in which you can save everyone or save no one.

I agree more with Koha'k in the sense of getting three options becuase even though you don't have the right to decide who is eligable for being saved and who isn't at least the you are able to save some people instead of saving no one. The downside to saving only a few is that your not saving everyone but the effort that is put forth in saving those few people can make a difference by giving them a chance to live longer. Midgley does have the right thought with the diagram of how we look at things which is us vs them, people tend to look at animals as something against us and that we are superior to them and that we are more important then them. We tend to start with ourselves as being in the middle and being the main concern then starting with other things around us.