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What Other Choices Could The Captain Have Made
1. Did the captain make the right decision? Why or why not? Yes and no. I think the situation could have been handled a lot better. I think it was wrong that he was just picking people to be kicked off of the life boat that would drown. I think wrong that he was choosing the people that were going to be killed, but at no point did he offer himself up. This is a very difficult question because at the same time he was trying to help the people that were on his boat survive.

2. What other choices could the captain have made?
Originally the captain could have made sure that he had the proper number of lifeboats for the people that he was going to be transporting. He could have sacrificed himself in order to help the others survive or he could
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