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Ethical Dilemma
Replies: 52Last Post Jan. 4 11:08am by john cena54
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a) A child or an adult = I would have to say an Adult, its lived already and it could create more children, the child might end up dead or something.

b) A stranger or your dog = stranger, i could always get another dog even if it hurts.

c) Hitler or lassie =really none Hitler has already fucked up the world as it is and has made his point in history and lassie is just a caracter that really has no point in life

d) Your spouse or a Nobel Laureate = my spouse of course

e) A dog or a weasel = a dog, i would see why a weasel would be as important to me than a dog

f) Your entire family or the entire canine species= well a hard one, my family just because...dont really no wut to say on this one

g) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother = as much as i love my brother, the cure would save millions of people.

h) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother who
just gave you one of his kidneys = still would say the cure


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a) A child or an adult

A child. I prefer children to adults.


b) A stranger or your dog

A stranger. I don't have a dog :P but presuming my pet... probably my pet; due to her species we're... well, partly the same being.

c) Hitler or lassie

Hitler. I never did like Lassie... besides, I'm sure Hitler's great to talk to locked up in my loft.


d) Your spouse or a Nobel Laureate

My spouse. Love's more significant to me than some guy who was most likely racing against someone with the same knowledge and capabilities as them towards a scientific breakthrough.


e) A dog or a weasel

A weasel. Not tame, so more susceptible to extinction.


f) Your entire family or the entire canine species

The entire canine species. Pretty much the same reason as e).


g) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother

The cure for cancer. Will help more; my family's very susceptible to cancer, so probably would save more of my family members.


h) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother who
just gave you one of his kidneys

See above.

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I probably didn't approach this at all ethically, I just did it for fun

a) A child or an adult
child, they've had less chance to live

b) A stranger or your dog
dog, I have it for a reason

c) Hitler or lassie
(don't know who lassie is)

d) Your spouse or a Nobel Laureate
spouse, I most likely love her

e) A dog or a weasel
dog, "man's best friend" as compared to a verb with negative connotations

f) Your entire family or the entire canine species
canines, I don't love my entire family

g) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother
cure for cancer, my brother has always been pretty insignificant

h) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother who just gave you one of his kidneys
cure for cancer, he's still insignificant

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Can I just ask why human life is more valuable than an animals?
Especially when we're talking about Hitler's life..

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Quote: from Bacon at 12:18 am on Jan. 2, 2008

Can I just ask why human life is more valuable than an animals?
Especially when we're talking about Hitler's life..


A human life is more VALUABLE than an animal's because we are the same species. We have certain instincts to preserve our species, and we should have a certain moral obligation to our own kind.

If there were a man and a dog, both of which you have never met before, in grave danger and you could only save one; please tell me that in your head you wouldn't have to take too long to decide which?...

Though, I have a problem with this question...
If i were to save lassie, then hitler would die, the holocaust would have never happened,  and chances are I'd never be here [just because that was such a huge event i feel the butterfly effect would also be equally as great]
Though by saving hitler, I condemn millions to their deaths...

Perhaps saving lassie would be impossible, as if hitler died, I wouldn't have had to come back and make that choice [thus creating a paradox]... I think hitler would be the ONLY choice in this situation; sadly.

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I would much rather save them all but...

a) A child, they have much more ahead of them.

b) My dog, I'm just attached to mine.

c) Hitler - to put on trial (sorry Lassie!)

d) My spouse. Love over intellect.

e) A dog. Once again, I'm attached to mine.

f) My entire family. If it comes down to it, humans are more important.

g) The cure for cancer, my brother would want me to.

h) The cure for cancer, my brother would want me to.

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a) A child or an adult - a child, the adult has a view of the world already, a child, whose view can be more easily influenced, might have more faith in humanity and thus rescue other people or decide to help others.

b) A stranger or your dog - Stranger, humans have the potential to effect the world more then dogs, and to help one would make them more likely to help others.

c) Hitler or lassie - Hitler, because I am ethnically part Jewish and not exactly what he would consider "aryan" otherwise, so if I were to save him, his outlook on Jews might have been much different.

d) Your spouse or a Nobel Laureate - spouse...why? Because I woudl love her, and we already have the Laureate's contribution to society, and depending on what it was, they probably weren't working alone so others could finish their unfinished work for them.

e) A dog or a weasel - A dog has more potential to help someone than a weasel.

f) Your entire family or the entire canine species - family.  

g) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother - cure for cancer.

h) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother who
just gave you one of his kidneys - even more, cure for cancer, because what is the point of saving me if I have the chance to help millions of people, and let the chance slip.  He would be unjustified in his sacrifice if I were to save him.


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a) A child or an adult

A child, they havn't lived there life yet. An adult has gone through enough experiences

b) A stranger or your dog

My dog, he is much more importan to me, I love him and have grown up with him.

c) Hitler or lassie

Lassie, Hitler has created chaos for many nations.

d) Your spouse or a Nobel Laureate

My spouse, he would mean more to me than someone I don't actually know.

e) A dog or a weasel

A dog, I just really prefer them more. :D

f) Your entire family or the entire canine species

My entire family. I love them and are the only thing that have the same blood as me.

g) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother

I don't have a brother but my brother because he would mean more to me. Although it is a pickle situation because you can save more than just one person. Nevermind I'd have to pass on this one.

h) A bottle with the cure for cancer or your brother who
just gave you one of his kidneys

My brother, he just tried to save me!

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