What am I busy with lately? Well I chanced upon a wonderful site. It is the most popular course in Harvard. A lesson on political philosophy, Justice with Michael Sandel. And it is available online. It was a wonderful opportunity to think about this topic from the very best. In the very first lesson on the morality of murder, I recalled an important scene in the Korean drama 善德女王 in the 22nd episode. Bidam needed some medicine to save about 200 dying sick people. And one way is to sacrifice Deokman to some evil people (Seolwon) who wanted to catch her. Munno is Bidam's teacher. This is the scene.
德曼：你拿到药材，一定要救活那200个人。
薛原公带来很多细辛，然后毗昙把德曼转交给他们。
毗昙拿走药材，走了，但是样子很犹豫。
文努得知毗昙卖了德曼，换了药材，很生气。
毗昙：能救200人不是比1个人，当然要换不是吗？他们不会杀了她，而且她还谢谢我呢。
文努：她为什么谢你？
毗昙想起了德曼的话，跟文努说对不起。然后去找德曼。
毗昙出现：药材是拿走了，不过怎么想都绝对不对，我以后一定还你药材钱，我要带走她。
疯了？你知道这里是什么地方，给我滚开。
德曼：怎么回来了，不是要救200个吗？
毗昙：能用数字来代替人命吗？唉，又要挨骂了。
Deokman: When you get the medicine, you must save 200 lives.
Seolwon brought the medicine, and Bidam handed over Deokman to him.
Bidam took the medicine away but he was troubled.
Munno knew about the exchange and he was furious.
Bidam: If I can exchange 200 lives for 1 life, of course I would do it, isn't it?
Munno: Can human lives be a numerical game?
Bidam left to save Deokman.
This scene was very memorable to me because it did asked an important question, as Prof Michael Sandel asked: What is the right thing to do? Can we exchange 1 life for the lives of 200? In the end, I agree with the answer from the character Munno. No, we do not have that right. Simply because human lives is not a numerical game. There isn't a way to calculate the equation.
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