Poll: would die to save a stranger

[bob-2000]

only if the person deserves to live more then I

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

This is a very poor attempt at a challenging moral delema. Why the fuck would I die to save someone I've never met, never heard about, and has done nothing important as far as I know? The answer: I wouldn't.

 

[fenrizz]

No, never.
But I would be willing to take risks to try and save them,

There are only 3 people I would die for, and 2 of them are my kids.
The last one is their mother.

 

[crudus]

Really dependent on the situation more than anything.

 

[ShotgunSmoke]

Why would I give my life for a complete stranger? He/she may be a pedophile.
I would only give my life for my closest friends and family.

 

[traceur_]

Absolutely not.

 

[Lord Thodin]

Haha, no. Not unless this persons death will affect my immediate situation in anyway

 

[Haiman]

I wouldn't give my life even for a 100 strangers. As far as I know I'll cease to exist the moment I die. No reward, no warm feeling of doing the wright thing, no nothing. Why should I give up on every person I love, on everything in my life, on my goals and dreams?

The only exception to that would be if I had only a weak left to live (due to some terminal disease) and the man in question was a freaking saint with cures for cancer and AIDS in his head.

 

[NBSRDan]

I value my own life far more than the average random stranger, both instinctively and on principal.

 

[Kajt]

No.

There's no point in giving up your life for anyone.

 

[SharPhoe]

So is the other person. I guess I merely assumed that you would prize your life over that of an 'equals', and only give your life for a 'better'.

TO be completely honest, I didn't and wouldn't even take that into account. I mean, honestly, who am I to judge?

Well to be completely honest I'd say this is one of those rare situations where you deserve to judge, seeing as your lifes on the line.

You do have a point there...Trying to take something like that into account in only 30 seconds really mucks up the equation for me, though...

 

[Gooseboy]

If this stranger was more likely to CURE CANCER or something of that impossibility. Then of course. Unless he was wearing burberry.

 

[Golden Gryphon]

Absolutely not. People die all of the time and I'm not so wrapped up in the image of me as a good person to fool myself into thinking that I would sacrifice myself for someone I don't know.

 

[Biosophilogical]

No. People might say that my life is not more important than their's but by that logic their's isn't worth more than mine so it's like swapping a dollar for another dollar except you don't know if the other dollar is a fake.

 

[SharPhoe]

Fair enough, and I just got the in-joke of your avatar.

Surprisingly, Cpt_Oblivious hasn't said a thing about it. Maybe he's just living up to his name...

...but I digress.

 

[Devilgod27]

no not even if they were a single parent with 5 children and were just coming home to tell their kids that they got a promotion in their job and they were moving to hawaii

 

[skyfire_freckles]

No. It doesn't matter who the person is, if it's a complete stranger. I don't know what sort of person it is. That would be like dying for nothing.