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Hypotheticals - The Cat or The Human?
05.01.04, 17:33:06
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Hypothetical:
You arrive at a housefire. Inside the house, the exact same distance from you, lie a cat, and a human baby. Both are unconcious and unable to move. You can only rescue one of them before the house collapses. There is nobody else here, there is no way to fight the fire, and neither of them will get up before the house collapses.
Which do you choose? The cat, or the human? And WHY? (please note, do not say that you would choose both the cat and the human.) |
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| I would take the human, because I'm allergic to cats. And I just don't like em........... |
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| Ummm... The answer is so obviouse that I'm not even going to answer it. |
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| The human baby most likely has far longer left to live than the cat does, so I'd choose it. Not that I'd feel good about it. |
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It's tough, because both lives are important. However, I'd choose the human, seeing that, as much as I hate to admit, I find a human's life to be more valuable than a baby's life.
Plus, as mentioned above, the baby probably still has a lot more life left than the cat. The cat would eventually die in a couple of years anyways, where as the baby moves on. |
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This will sound lame, but....why not save both? They're both living beings. Why pick and choose?
I think the whole basis of the question is which would you value more; The human life or the animal life. Well, animals don't do near the amount of destructive stuff humans do, so the animal wins point there. Animals don't manipulate. But if you put the question in this fashion, asking me which baby I'd rather save first, it's rough decision, though I'd be pressed to go with the animal. It may not last as long as a human, but it also can't manipulate. |
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I think I agree with Mr. Graves. I'd choose the cat, simply because it's going to cause far less pain to other beings in it's lifetime than the human inevitably will.
Oh, and also because cats >>>> all. Seriously. Cats are best. |
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| Unless the cat is the last of it's species than the choice is obvious. A baby's life is far more precious than an creature IMO. I just can't see myself go risk my life to save a cat rather than another human being. |
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Quoth Enyce:
Unless the cat is the last of it's species than the choice is obvious. A baby's life is far more precious than an creature IMO.
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Why? IMO doesn't justify everything, you know  |
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| -sector sevenz this thread- |
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