A "Would you rather"

[Bryan]

So I was playing the "Would you rather" app on my iPod a few days back with some friends, when I got this pretty intense question; "Would you rather save 5 family members or 1 million strangers?" After a lot of debate I couldn't seem to come to a decision.

 

So what would you guys do? Save 5 family members or 1 million strangers?

[wcking]

First warning

[Tal]

5 IR members

[Bryan]

5 IR members

 

Lol XD

[Ryan]

Well, seeing as I don't even have 5 family members, 1 million strangers

[Volt]

1 million strangers. There's no way I could be selfish enough to pick 5 family members.

[Ryan]

1 million strangers. There's no way I could be selfish enough to pick 5 family members.

Same, cos if anyone it'd be my mom and sister, but since I don't have them, I went with other x]

[Ray]

5 family members for sure.

 

The guilt caused by not saving a million people is not much more than the guilt of not saving 5 people. You feel that you have let people die either way. By not saving 5 family members, there are much greater consequences than just guilt, therefore the cost of saving 5 family members is much more than the cost of not saving 1 million strangers. From a relative point of view, saving 5 family members is the best of two bad situations. Seeing things from a relative point of view is not the absolute correct method, no method is, but it is a viable way of finding solutions to moral dilemmas. Relativity is often criticized that it weighs your own death equally with the destruction of everything else. To you, both situations may seem the same, but most people will see the former option as clearly the better option.

[Volt]

5 family members for sure.

 

The guilt caused by not saving a million people is not much more than the guilt of not saving 5 people. You feel that you have let people die either way. By not saving 5 family members, there are much greater consequences than just guilt, therefore the cost of saving 5 family members is much more than the cost of not saving 1 million strangers. From a relative point of view, saving 5 family members is the best of two bad situations. Seeing things from a relative point of view is not the absolute correct method, no method is, but it is a viable way of finding solutions to moral dilemmas. Relativity is often criticized that it weighs your own death equally with the destruction of everything else. To you, both situations may seem the same, but most people will see the former option as clearly the better option.

Superfluous post is superfluous. It seems like you contradicted yourself more than once in that post.

[jordy]

5 family members lol

[M4G1CA]

5 family members

[Ricky]

Family first, no doubt.

[Ryan-]

myself

[Shroom]

5 IR members

 

Rofl.

 

I'd rather save 5 family members, if these 1 million strangers are completely unknown to me and are not friends or people I know.

 

Plus I honestly think I'd feel worse about myself if I let 5 family members die instead.

[kosherkid]

5 family members.

 

There are waaaaaaaaaaaay too many people alive today. I'd be doing the world a service... as weird as that sounds.

[Droolz]

One Million People.

 

Even if there are "way to many people", its LIFE. I'm sure that if your family members are cool, they'd understand that even if they were family, one million people is worth more. How?

 

Life. Life is worth more than other substance on this planet. Without life, there's no Earth. Even if there are way too many people alive nowadays, you have to understand that even if there are, people were born for a reason, to live. One million people/5 family members = 200K people per every member. So you're willing to risk one million people for five family members? Life is a necessity on this world. For all we know, you save your family members then everyone dies.

[Inu]

Life isn't measured with addition and subtraction

5 Family members

[Pink]

Family no doubt

[Ray]

One Million People.

 

Even if there are "way to many people", its LIFE. I'm sure that if your family members are cool, they'd understand that even if they were family, one million people is worth more. How?

 

Life. Life is worth more than other substance on this planet. Without life, there's no Earth. Even if there are way too many people alive nowadays, you have to understand that even if there are, people were born for a reason, to live. One million people/5 family members = 200K people per every member. So you're willing to risk one million people for five family members? Life is a necessity on this world. For all we know, you save your family members then everyone dies.

 

Population control

[Phillip]

Five family members. Yes, I am a selfish, moral-free *******.

[Azrael]

I'd probably go with the family members. :S

[Sparatic Gun]

5 family members. As long as I got to chose who