Question

A husband and wife are walking across a railroad track. She stumbles and her foot gets caught in the switching mechanism. He tries to free her. Then a train comes roaring around the corner. Realizing he cannot free her before the train reaches them, the man leaps to safety. She is struck and killed instantly. Has the man behaved immorally? Why or why not?

Answer 1

In my view , on first hand this case reflects that the man has behaved immoraly but we should analyze other perspectives,

1) He has tried a lot to free her but didn't succeed .

2) It might be possible that he will have to take care of his family members and her wife asked him to do so.

In my view, one must save one's life first then take care of others. Incase, there is no chance to safe other then make your position out from danger. He has acted in this way when he has no hope to save her. So , in my view , he was not immoral.