What to Remember in Making a Tough Decision

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one was still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track whereas the rest on the operational track.

The train was coming and you were just beside the track junction. You could make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean that the lone child playing at the disused track would be sacrificed. On the other hand, would you rather let the train go as it was?

Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make.........

Choose the track whether you want to divert it or let it be.........

If you choose let it be>>>

Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way. Exactly, to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was the rational decision that most people would make morally and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child who chose to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?

What is wrong with this choice?>>>

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, politics and society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority is, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority is. The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. However, in this case he was sacrificed.

What will Leo Velski Julian choose?>>>

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 that the train could come over to that disused 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 is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.'
Everybody ever makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils.

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