He was educated at Chigwell School Spent his year-long national service in the Royal Air Force Professor in the University of Cambridge and University of California Berkley Known as a great supporter of women in academia Williams chaired and served on a number of Royal Commissions and government committees
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1 .
Simons mother is feeling really lonely
and would like Simon to come and spend the day with her. Simon, an engineer, had planned on using the day to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. By volunteering, since he would be helping a whole family for the rest of their lives, rather than cheering up his mother for simply one day.
A.) Should he ignore the request of
her mother and still went to the village to volunteer? B.) Or sacrifice the lives of the family he was supposed to help and visit her lonely mother?
2 .
Bridgett is a poor college student who
has always wanted her own car. She works after school jobs, saves all her money, rarely goes out, until she has $7000. On her way to the used car dealership, she reads about a Tsunami in South East Asia that has left thousands dead, wounded and homeless.
A.) Should she donate all the
money she have to save the victims? B.) Or still buy her dream car rather than giving the money to the victims of tsunami?
3 .
George, who has just taken his PhD in
chemistry, finds it extremely difficult to get a job. His wife has to go out to work to keep them. He is offered a job in a laboratory which does research into chemical and biological weapons. George is strongly opposed to the manufacture of chemical and biological weapons.
If he does not take the job, his wife
and his children will suffer. And if he does not take the job, it will be given to someone else who will pursue the research with fewer inhibitions. Should he take the job?
A.) Should George accept the job?
because if he turned down the offer someone else will still do the research anyway. B.) Or not because he is against on biological warfare?
4 .
Jim finds himself in the central
square of a small South American town while on a botanical expedition. Tied up against the wall are a row of 20 Indians who are arrested after protesting against the government and are about to be killed as their punishment.
Jim as an honoured visitor from
another land, Pedro, the captain in charge, was happy to offer him a guests privilege of killing one of the Indians himself. If Jim accepts to kill one Indian then the 19 Indians will be set free. If Jim refuses then Pedro will spare no one and kill everyone.
A.) Should Jim take the privilege
to kill one Indian to let the 19 Indians go? B.) Or not because he is a stranger to that town and not in the proper manner to kill them?