Law and MoralityIt is not an everyday occurrence that someone must decide the fate of another's life. The dilemma of deciding that someone must die for others to survive can obviously be troubling. The process of ending one's life may be easy to implement, but justifying the decision is the most difficult. This article presents a situation in which the decision to commit suicide is essential. The situation is such that a nuclear war took place, which destroyed most centers of civilization. Five people escaped death by heading towards a nuclear bunker. These five people consist of a pregnant woman; an old man, a retired judge; two teenagers - a fourteen-year-old boy and a sixteen-year-old girl; and a young, healthy woman who is a doctor. They have all been there for fifteen days and must remain there for another fifteen days before they can be rescued. The problem is that although there are five of them in the bunker, there is only enough food for four people to survive for the remaining fifteen days. Rationing food will do no good, because with such a plan everyone will die. The only way for most survivors to survive the next fortnight is to die. Somehow they contacted an outside source to advise them on the questions "Who will die?" and “How should the decision to choose the person be executed?” » It is very difficult to answer all these questions, but something must be done. It is unlikely that someone would willingly allow someone to kill them so that others could live, so some other form of decision-making must be allowed. Probably the best way to do this is to get outside help to suggest they try to draw lots. For example, the one who draws the shortest straw dies. Without time to procrastinate, this seems to be the most efficient and fair way to choose who will die. Of course, a reason must be provided for whoever drew the shortest straw, and that is the goal of this article. This essay will explain how the decision will be made that will ultimately take the life of one of the survivors to save the four remaining people. From this explanation of the decision taken, she will try to justify it. This article proposes to explain and justify the decision using...... middle of article ......ndition. It is unfortunate that there are cases where people, whether they know each other or not, have to kill someone else to save their own life. It must be even more disturbing, rather than unfortunate, for a person to sacrifice their life for the well-being of another, but it is noble nonetheless. Perhaps this shows that when it is absolutely necessary to kill someone to preserve one's own life, murder is always justifiable. Works Cited1 Patrick Fitzgerald and King McShane. A look at the law: the legal system of Canada. 4th ed. (Ottawa: Tri-Graphic Printing Ltd.) 1994. Pg. 3.2 Carleton Dept. Of Law Casebook Group. Introduction to Legal Studies 2nd ed. .(North York: Captus Press Inc.) 1995. Pg. 24.3 Carleton Dept. Of Law Casebook Group. Introduction to Legal Studies 2nd ed. (North York: Captus Press Inc.) 1995. Pages 19-24.4 Fraser, D. Fall Term Law Notes for 51.100A. (Carleton University) 1996.5 Fraser, D. Fall Term Law Notes for 51.100A. (Carleton University) 1996.6 Carleton Dept. Of Law Casebook Group. Introduction to Legal Studies 2nd ed. .(North York: Captus Press Inc.) 1995. Pg.25.7 Fraser, D. Fall Term Law Notes for 51.100A. (Carleton University) 1996.