I'm doing as Religious studies and part of my course looks at Ethics. One of the arguments we looked at last week was:
"you're walking down the road and you notice a car is on fire, you walk over to the car to see if you can rescue someone. To your horror inside are 2 people, a world famous Cancer specialist on the brink of a breakthrough cure and in the other seat is your father. Who would you save? Saving the cancer specialist could mean you're saving many many mroe lives in the future, and by saving your father you have saved someone you loved?" I thought it might be interesting if we had a friendly debate. I will post my opinions and arguments on this tomorrow when I have more time. I have a pile more of these so if this can distract people from being nasty and stop the lying and fraudiness that seems to be happening I will post more.... Post back your opinions on this, it'll be interesting! ↓
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| Name: Nicola | Date: Nov 21st, 2006 8:57 PM |
| I forgot to write that you only have the time to rescue one person, and both have the same chance of survibal if you get them out of the car, both are just as easy to get out. Now I have some time I'll write mine. I think I would rescue my Father. I think instincitivley you would rescue who you love. I loved my Dad very very much and I think you would act on your impulse. You wouldn't neccessarily think "Hmmm, however if I rescue the doctor I could save thousands of lives" or would you, I certainly wouldn't. But is it selfish to rescue your dad? I think in my heart I would want to rescue the cancer specialist because I would hate for all those cancer sufferers to die and I could have saved them, cancer is a major killer (aren't I the observant one) and if one man could save them all, morally that would be the person to save. But I don't think I could rescue a stranger instead of my Dad. ↑ |
| Name: marija | Date: Nov 21st, 2006 9:31 PM |
| my dad of course...i dont love the cancer specialist ↑ |
| Name: atomic snowflake | Date: Nov 21st, 2006 9:51 PM |
I think that in that situation most people wouldn't be able to think clearly and would act upon instinct to save their loved one!
There are always plenty more people training to become cancer specialists anyway. You only get one dad after all :-) ↑ |
| Name: l3itchyl3unny | Date: Nov 21st, 2006 10:05 PM |
Cancer specialist , Simply because they can save more lives
I hate my dad really he is a dickhead and another person to me and the way he has treated me all my life.
Sorry if thats harsh to you all but stiff! ↑ |
| Name: l3itchyl3unny | Date: Nov 21st, 2006 10:06 PM |
And now i feel guilty for saying that.....sighs
uhm yea i guess i would save my dad ↑ |
| Name: Hiddy | Date: Nov 21st, 2006 10:07 PM |
| Name: Nicola | Date: Nov 22nd, 2006 4:56 PM |
| hehheeeheeee bunny! I suppose it does depend on how you feel about that person. I'm really bored, the twins are with their dad till saturday morning and I don't know what to do with myself...the house is tidy, schoolwork is just not enticing me at all and I've lost my debit card so can't do any internet shopping and or normal shopping actually because a) its bloody freezing and b) I don't have ANY cash out at all, which is a really really stupid move as I alwways like to have at least £30 out incase I need to get some emergency food in or nappies or something silly, Anyway i am indeed rambling so will shut up! BYE! ↑ |
| Name: momo | Date: Nov 22nd, 2006 5:16 PM |
| Well in agreeance with Bunny....I don't care for my father...and considering i haven't talked to him in almosta year and he dosne't even know i am 7 mohts pregnant I would have to say the cancer specialist...Cuz my family has seen the wrath of cancer...my granddad has it right now...and so if I could save him so my mom could be happy I would want that..since she has been there for me...Unless it was my step dad than i would save him ↑ |
| Name: saxton_emma | Date: Nov 22nd, 2006 5:16 PM |
| id save the cancer specialist.... ↑ |
| Name: jillw | Date: Nov 22nd, 2006 8:08 PM |
| if this guy is world famous then he has a million lab partners and I am sure he is not the only one working on the cure. some one can take his place. As for my dad no one can take his place. I think it would be a decision I would make w/o even thinking first. I know taht I would feel guilty and selfish later, but in the end I know I would save my dad. ↑ |
| Name: Randi02 | Date: Nov 23rd, 2006 3:16 AM |
| Yeah I agree with Jill. I would save my dad and hope that someone stumbled across the other poor saps research. ↑ |
| Name: SouthpawPatty | Date: Nov 25th, 2006 2:50 AM |
| I would save my Father. If it weren't for my father I would have never been born therefore I wouldn't be here to save anyone. If I hadn't been born then my 3 children would never have born and my grandbabies would never have been born. If not for him the people who I love the most wouldn't exist. Out of love and respect for him, I would save him. I think the cancer specialist's child would probably feel the same about her or his parent and do the same. When it comes right down to it love and respect rule in most situations be it right or wrong. ↑ |
| Name: spankyx0711 | Date: Nov 25th, 2006 5:52 AM |
| i'd save the cancer specialist and as a sort of thank you, he can credit my dad for the cure. since if i were to save my dad, the cure wouldn't exist. ↑ |
| Name: jamcarant | Date: Nov 27th, 2006 7:04 AM |
| That's a really hard one for me, because my dad is dying from stomach cancer. I would save my dad tho so he could be with us longer. ↑ |
| Name: amy | Date: Nov 27th, 2006 2:37 PM |
| i would save my friends dad hes got two months left to live because he as a brain tumour its so upseting to see him asleep and so ill and they dont care they just sit on camfrog getting there tits out all day.... its sooo sad to see somone you care about pass away ↑ |
| Name: amy | Date: Nov 27th, 2006 2:38 PM |
| id save my mummy as well lol my presious daughter and my dad even though he left us years ago all my sisters and brothers lol ↑ |
| Name: molly-may | Date: Nov 27th, 2006 7:00 PM |
I would have to say my father, hands down.
Amy,
My aunt is in the hospital right now dieing from a brain tumor. She was diagnosed with it about a year and a half ago. Just two weeks ago she went down hill really bad. The doctors told us she had about a week to live (this was on Nov 22). I have watched my bubbly aunt become a vegetable. Before she would look at you and you could still see some fight left in her, and last night, her stare was blank, there was no life in her eyes. I go see her every second night, but it is getting harder and harder. She sleeps all day and all night. I wish she would make it until Christmas but it isn't looking so good, so I know what you are going through if you need to talk. ↑ |
| Name: amy | Date: Nov 27th, 2006 8:00 PM |
| awww my im sorry to hunny i would love to talk to you even though he isnt a relative it hurts me but i cant imagne what your going thro whats you msn? ↑ |
| Name: winnmom | Date: Nov 27th, 2006 8:04 PM |
| I think that in the situation I would not een be thinking straight and automatically save my Dad.Not that I would not want to save the other, but emotions would be running high!!! ↑ |
| Name: molly-may | Date: Nov 28th, 2006 11:38 AM |
Amy,
My msn is [email protected]. I don't go on msn very much but you can send me an email. I am going to see her tonight. It will have been 6 days today since they told her she had a week to live. The only thing that you can really do is be there for my uncle and my cousins. We take in supper since who really likes eating hospital food. ↑ |
| Name: SaRaH | Date: Dec 1st, 2006 11:46 PM |
| Name: Lizzi | Date: Dec 2nd, 2006 10:53 PM |
| I would save my dad without a second thought. The only way i wouldn't is if he was conscience and told me to save the other guy first! ↑ |
| Name: atomic snowflake | Date: Dec 2nd, 2006 11:29 PM |
| I would save the other guy because my dad is already dead! ↑ |
| Name: Nicola | Date: Dec 3rd, 2006 4:39 PM |
| So's mine. But I'd still save him if I had the chance. ↑ |
| Name: KELLYMCLEOD | Date: Dec 4th, 2006 9:31 PM |
| I would have to save my dad { even though he died 3 years ago },and only lived minutes after i saved him, just to see him one more time and to hear his voice, just to tell him we love & miss him and mom and we are all ok and one day we will all be together again ↑ |
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