(January 9, 2018 at 10:02 pm)chimp3 Wrote: I am in a very close relationship with a 61 year old woman , whose mother, 60 years ago was forced to make such a decision. Between grabbing a 2 year old girl or her 4 year old brother. This occurred in a flash flood in the Sonoran Desert. Talk about Sophie's Choice! I know this topic presents philosophical and theist "gotcha" moments but in real life it creates interpersonal and intergenerational ripple effects. Just saying!
And it's truly impossible to know for certain in advance what one would do in a real life emergency situation with only seconds to decide.
On the poll question, it's easy to decide what you would do while sitting in the comfort of your chair or sofa and with the luxury of time to mull it over. But what if in real life, the person you didn't choose to save had their entire family begging and crying for you to help save them? What would you do then?
Also, I know polls on AF aren't anonymous but if you really want to elicit truthful answers to thorny ethical questions, the answers need to be anonymous. What people say and do when they know people are looking can be very different to what they'll say and do when they believe no one is looking.
-Teresa
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