Journal 1

          While Heinz's Dilemma brings to light the issue between good intent and bad action, it is often times less clear cut in real life.  For example, the intent may be more neutral such as messing around with a friend and the action may be accidentally taking it too far and physically hurting them.  While the intent wasn't necessarily good or bad, the action certainly could be considered bad.  However, because it was simply an accident, this example isn't really exemplified by Heinz's Dilemma.  Heinz's Dilemma deals with a distinct moral issue.
          Something that has become resoundingly present in the past 100 years or so is scientific innovation.  The goal of most scientific research is to discover something new (usually) for financial gain or the sake of knowledge.  Because it can be reasoned that many industries that promote scientific research are in the business of people and selling them some type of improvement, scientific research can be considered good intention.  Despite this good intent, scientific research is often developed into something that leads to bad action.  For instance, Einstein's work indirectly led to the development of the atomic bomb.  While Robert Oppenheimer is credited for creating the bomb, and the US government is who actually used it, Einstein's good intentions led to a bad action.  This example, while better than the first, still doesn't fully exemplify Heinz's Dilemma.  While there are both good intentions and bad actions in this example, the whole process does not rest on one person's intentions/actions.  In order to be a true real-life example of this philosophical tale, the "guilty" person/party must have a truly good intention and knowledge that their action is wrong.
          Sticking with the scientific theme, I believe a true real-life example of Heinz's Dilemma can be witnessed in the experimental labs in Nazi Germany.  While the research and experiments the scientists did are almost universally considered immoral, the reason for which they did it was good, at least for their side of the war.  They performed experiments in order to help their troops survive certain ailments.  So while their intentions were good--for their overall war effort, which isn't necessarily good for everyone--their actions were absolutely bad.