Monday, 2 December 2013

Moral Dilemma

A moral dilemma is a situation in which one has two options. One option is to go with your intuition, which may not always be right, however it's what you feel is right. The other way to go is to do what is right, but one may feel is not right, and in doing this, one may make others happy. One may also do this  because they feel sorry for the one's the situation is affecting. A couple of years ago, on a school trip, our bus was heading back to the campsite. We stopped at a small supermarket to buy some things for dinner that night. We all split up and did our own shopping, mostly junk food. So i was walking by and i saw this packet of chewing gum, i wanted it, so i took it. I kept on shopping, went to the cashier and paid, then i got onto the bus. Just before we left the supermarket, back to the campsite, i put my hand in my pocket, only to find the packet of gum, I had not paid for it. I just subconsciously put it in my pocket and forgot about it. Now i realised it before we left, but i was scared that i would get in trouble so i din't say a word. We all face situations like this in our daily life, and we all make decisions, sometimes they are not the right ones, but we tend to do what we think will help us. That's why i never said anything, i did not want to get in trouble. I made a choice which i knew was wrong, but better for me.