Poll: Is a Childs Life more Valuable then a Adults ?

[Booze Zombie]

If we're talking in general, I'd so "no".

One human is one human, regardless of it's stage of development.
So, to me, what you're asking is "would you value 1 more than 1".

 

[chiefohara]

Women and children come first.

If its an adult male, then there is no question that the childs life takes priorty. If its an adult female, well she is without a doubt going to insist that the child comes first anyway.

Cold clinical reasoning might put a productive adult above a child, Instinct however doesn't.

 

[JohnTomorrow]

I think you need to think of the definition of 'child'. Are we talking an age, or a maturity? I know a few people who literally act and think like children, even though they're at an age where they should be thinking of more serious stuff. On the other hand, i know a few kids who seem like they're eighty.

There is no 'in general' answers. There is no black and white with this. There must be rules involved.

If the adult had bone marrow that was only compatible with my daughter and i had a choice between shooting him or a little kid across the road, I'd shoot the kid, because it would let my daughter live. I'd be grief-stricken for life, but I'd do it.

If it was the choice between a random man and a random child, I'd shoot the adult, because the child hasn't had a chance to realize his potential.

And, of course, there was no real mention of method (besides the gun). If i had to look the kid in the eyes as i prepared to slit his throat, seeing the terror in his eyes, i wouldn't be able to do it. Same with an adult.

 

[LockeDown]

No, the adult has more value than the child. Children from the latest generation (in my personal experience) have next to nothing positive to offer society.

I hate kids. With a passion.

 

[GeneralGrant]

In my objective opinion, no it isn't.

In what I would probably do in real life if I had to pick between a kid and an adult to live, yes I suppose so.

 

[The_Commander_of_Offworld]

What stops me from just shooting the guy who is forcing me to choose?

 

[A.A.K]

meh, on the spot - id compare lives.
I think the only factor the child may have thatd be of interest is the longer life expectancy.
There is no guarantee that the child will do anything worth an adults life in his own life time, whilst the adult, may have already accomplished something, and a definitive something, no matter how big or small, is always better then a possible something or a definitive nothing.

But considering my own brutal equilibrium, id rather them both die rather then fuss over who deserves better.

 

[DazZ.]

I was taught to do CPR on a kid before an adult.

I have no opinions of my own, I listen to exactly what I'm told and follow that as fact.
Obviously a joke, I'm just late so had to keep it brief.

 

[Mozza444]

Well as you said not to say "It depends"
But there are so many things to take into account..

But In general, and somehow its me pointing a gun?

I just couldn't kill a kid.

 

[Altorin]

In all honesty, I think the logical choice is adults are worth more.

You put work and resources into making an adult. Hopefully in the end you get a functioning memory of a society. Think of all of the work parents have to do raising their children, and all of the money that goes into educating an adult through college etc.

Then think of a child... the most fragile and helpless of us, a newborn infant. No work has gone into crafting that baby into a person. It would probably just take 9 months to make a new one.

You have a sad parent if it dies, but is it more valuable? no. It is sadder, because that's an emotional response.. But it's not a bigger loss of value.

 

[jobinizer85]

Kill the kid and never make another money sucking parasite ever again. If only retroactive abortion was legal.

 

[Matt-Allan-ca]

well It doesn't matter because if the adult wants the child to live then he does deserve to live but won't through choice, if the adult condemns a child to a horrible fate because he/she wants to live then the adult doesn't deserve it. It's a sickening situation, but it all comes down to our integrity and that we as the childrens leaders and protectors should gladly give our lives for a child. Death is a scary thing and I don't think we could blame anyone for choosing themselves over a child. I myself would give my life for even my worst enemies and would not wish death on anyone, it actually makes me feel bad when people joke about real life death or rape and even when people pointlessly kill certain bugs (discluding mosquitos and flies). Where has respect for life gone?

 

[HTID Raver]

everytime i vote on a poll, it breaks a tie

 

[MicrosoftPaysMe]

This is in general so no "It depends" .

A child still has alot to live for with alot fo potential then again so does a adult, a child may seem innocent but so can a adult.

It's a tough decision, Think of yourself in the position where you had to choose between the life of a Adult and the life of a Child (say your pointing a gun) , which one would you think has more right to live ?

I would kill the child because the deth of the adult could tromatize the child and he could end up being a murder when he grows up. Kill the kid and the adult won't be nerly as tromatised.

 

[Matt-Allan-ca]

No, the adult has more value than the child. Children from the latest generation (in my personal experience) have next to nothing positive to offer society.

I hate kids. With a passion.

Are they not a result of what we have developed as a society? is the adults life not even more worthless for being part of the movement that has formed a life style where babies, who had formed no concept of ownership, have been given almost everything they ever want therefore destroying a learning process that the earlier generations before us have worked at and tried to teach us? the child is not innocent at all but it is weak and fragile so it is our responsibility as practically fully developed humans to protect those weaker than us. without children what chance do we have to teach and eventually reverse this current learning process and slowly but surely introduce humanity's integrity and morality back into the culture of our world. Hate is a strong word and should not be used lightly, I myself have been hated and had to work at relationships and it is hard to change peoples minds when they are so set on it. I do not think the sun shines out my arse but if it came down to it, I would rather kill myself than to allow any life to be hurt.

 

[ad5x5]

well It doesn't matter because if the adult wants the child to live then he does deserve to live but won't through choice, if the adult condemns a child to a horrible fate because he/she wants to live then the adult doesn't deserve it. It's a sickening situation, but it all comes down to our integrity and that we as the childrens leaders and protectors should gladly give our lives for a child. Death is a scary thing and I don't think we could blame anyone for choosing themselves over a child. I myself would give my life for even my worst enemies and would not wish death on anyone, it actually makes me feel bad when people joke about real life death or rape and even when people pointlessly kill certain bugs (discluding mosquitos and flies). Where has respect for life gone?

so you're saying that an adult who elects to save their own life (which I imagine they are quite attached to) over the life of a child (who they may not know and/or have no emotional attachment to) is not worthy of life?

bit harsh.
But surely it is only the responsibility of the parents to look after the children, not the rest of society?

the way i see it, sure you could kill the adult, but with all the protective parents in the world, how many opportunities do you think you'll get to kill a child?

drive past a school a few times at the end of the school day. it'll take less than a week before one of the little buggers runs out in front of you.
This is why I always slow down around schools. Don't want the hassle and increase in premiums with the insurance company.

 

[Kurokami]

This is in general so no "It depends" .

A child still has alot to live for with alot fo potential then again so does a adult, a child may seem innocent but so can a adult.

It's a tough decision, Think of yourself in the position where you had to choose between the life of a Adult and the life of a Child (say your pointing a gun) , which one would you think has more right to live ?

You say we're not allowed to say it depends, but admit that a child is likely to live longer.

Where's the mystery? Note that I'm not saying children have more of a right to life, but considering the factors you've given us it seems pretty simple.

My 'depends on' would account for type of person, a child represents the potential for good, where an adult may already be fulfilling or about to being fulfilling that potential. If that's the case then I don't care much for the child's life.

 

[acosn]

Any kid could turn out to be the next Gallileo.

Any adult could end up going to the moon.

There's far too many angles to try and cut it down to just a "yes / no" question. This is an "oh!" morals question in the caliber of what you'd do if you just found a brief case stuffed full of cash one day with no identification and no one near by claiming it to be theirs.