i saw this thread on another site and i thought it would be really good to discuss.
this thread isnt to express how much you dont care about people and how much of an extremist you are.
these are random situations.
#1: you are in the time of the holocaust. you are in a basement hiding from nazi's with 4 more adults. you have a small child whom is your own, around 3 months of age. the child is crying and the nazi's will find you if it doesnt stop. the only way to stop the child from crying is to smother it and kill it. could you be the person to do this?
#2: you are on the sinking titanic. the situation is chaotic. there is one lifeboat left. you have the decision to get on the lifeboat or let a mother and a child get on the lifeboat. what would you do?
#3: your dog has just been hit by a car. it is suffering horribly. could you be the person to shoot it to end its pain, or would you let someone else do it?
#4 by kingdrom: You walking along the sidewalk in a large city. Your best friend is walking with you until he has an unexpected seizure and darts onto a busy street. He is unresposive to whatever you say, and two hundred feet away there is a semi speeding towards him, blissfully unaware that a person is in front of him. If you hesitate, then he will be killed by the speeding truck. Do you go out and save him, risking your own life?
if you can think of any other hard decisions please post them so other people can answer them. here are my answers.
#1: i could not be the one to smother the baby. i would feel too guilty.
#2: i would let them on the boat. i would have a better chance at finding another way to survive than them. so it would be the better decision IMO.
#3: i really am a self preserver. i dont like to feel bad things and i dont like to face things if they cause strong emotions. so i would have to let someone else to it and have them never mention it again.
#4: it would be really hard to think on my feet like that. but i would jump into the street to push him out of the way of the bus. it is sort of compulsive.
this thread isnt to express how much you dont care about people and how much of an extremist you are.
these are random situations.
#1: you are in the time of the holocaust. you are in a basement hiding from nazi's with 4 more adults. you have a small child whom is your own, around 3 months of age. the child is crying and the nazi's will find you if it doesnt stop. the only way to stop the child from crying is to smother it and kill it. could you be the person to do this?
#2: you are on the sinking titanic. the situation is chaotic. there is one lifeboat left. you have the decision to get on the lifeboat or let a mother and a child get on the lifeboat. what would you do?
#3: your dog has just been hit by a car. it is suffering horribly. could you be the person to shoot it to end its pain, or would you let someone else do it?
#4 by kingdrom: You walking along the sidewalk in a large city. Your best friend is walking with you until he has an unexpected seizure and darts onto a busy street. He is unresposive to whatever you say, and two hundred feet away there is a semi speeding towards him, blissfully unaware that a person is in front of him. If you hesitate, then he will be killed by the speeding truck. Do you go out and save him, risking your own life?
if you can think of any other hard decisions please post them so other people can answer them. here are my answers.
#1: i could not be the one to smother the baby. i would feel too guilty.
#2: i would let them on the boat. i would have a better chance at finding another way to survive than them. so it would be the better decision IMO.
#3: i really am a self preserver. i dont like to feel bad things and i dont like to face things if they cause strong emotions. so i would have to let someone else to it and have them never mention it again.
#4: it would be really hard to think on my feet like that. but i would jump into the street to push him out of the way of the bus. it is sort of compulsive.