The captain of a boat is smuggling a family of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. A German naval boat comes alongside the captain’s boat and an officer asks if there are any Jews aboard. If the captain says “yes,” the Nazi officer will come aboard and shoot them. If the captain says “no” he will, in all likelihood, continue on his way and leave the Jewish refugees alone.
(1) What should the captain do according to either utilitarianism or Kantian ethics? Explain.
(2) What do you think the captain should do? Explain.

Utilitarianism is a philosophical theory that claims that it believes human actions should be based on ethics and morals.
Kantian ethics states that reason must be the basis of all human actions and decisions.
Thus, both utilitarianism and Kantian ethics support the captain's decision to assert that there are no Jews on board the ship.
That's because ethics and morals would claim that the captain committed to transporting the Jews and not complying with that commitment is incorrect. The reason, in turn, claims that the Jews would be put to death and that would not be right.

In this case, we can say that the captain must not hand over the Jews and I followed the journey to transport them to a safe place.

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