An uncomfortable ethics question.

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An uncomfortable ethics question.

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RE: An uncomfortable ethics question.

September 17, 2010 at 9:23 am

I'd definitely save myself.
a good question would be: "How many people would it take for you to sacrifice yourself to save them ?"

I'm pretty sure I'd still save myself if it were 100 people.
But what about 1000 people? 1million ? 1 billion ? It's really hard to tell.

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An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Tiberius - September 16, 2010 at 8:56 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Shell B - September 16, 2010 at 9:03 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by theVOID - September 16, 2010 at 9:08 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Watson - September 16, 2010 at 9:14 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by theVOID - September 16, 2010 at 9:29 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by ABierman1986 - September 16, 2010 at 9:26 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by krazedkat - September 16, 2010 at 10:07 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by ib.me.ub - September 17, 2010 at 4:08 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Rayaan - September 17, 2010 at 5:41 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Tiberius - September 17, 2010 at 6:32 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by lrh9 - September 17, 2010 at 8:16 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Paul the Human - September 17, 2010 at 8:41 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by solja247 - September 17, 2010 at 8:57 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by krazedkat - September 18, 2010 at 6:57 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by AtheistPhil - September 17, 2010 at 9:23 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Cego_Colher - September 17, 2010 at 2:58 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by IceSage - September 18, 2010 at 7:19 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by LastPoet - September 18, 2010 at 7:45 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Skipper - September 18, 2010 at 8:11 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by josh.niles - September 19, 2010 at 8:30 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 9:05 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 20, 2010 at 12:12 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Dotard - September 20, 2010 at 10:30 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by downbeatplumb - September 20, 2010 at 1:11 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by leo-rcc - September 20, 2010 at 1:12 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by gargantuan - September 20, 2010 at 2:47 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 21, 2010 at 12:30 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by A Theist - September 21, 2010 at 6:10 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 21, 2010 at 6:31 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by gargantuan - September 21, 2010 at 8:58 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by A Theist - September 22, 2010 at 9:03 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Nitsuj - September 21, 2010 at 9:02 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Edwardo Piet - September 22, 2010 at 5:07 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 22, 2010 at 7:28 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by A Theist - September 23, 2010 at 9:09 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by josh.niles - September 23, 2010 at 8:56 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by The Omnissiunt One - September 25, 2010 at 6:12 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by ib.me.ub - September 26, 2010 at 9:07 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by R-e-n-n-a-t - October 1, 2010 at 9:35 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Violet - October 2, 2010 at 12:52 am

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Ashendant - October 2, 2010 at 9:24 pm

RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by madferit - October 6, 2010 at 4:51 pm

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