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Can an ordinary passenger during a ship wrek give his place in a life boat to a child and trying to save his life by swimming in a shark infested area?

This is the topic in Ethics which made me confused please help me.. I need this the other day..Thanks
  • A small child
    Would easily fit on the knee of a passenger.
    25%  Voted for by Applehead, TeChNoWC, intangableenigma.
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  • depends.........
    If.....
    * the passenger is a woman, it is likely she may not give her seat easily....

    * ....a man, he mostly likely won't jump in first

    *.....a Old man, he wil be the first to give his place

    *....a old woman, she will not take the child on board.

    (i know these answers may be controversial, but i am placing my bets based on average human behaviour.)
    16%  Voted for by Jackymania, OnceUponABlueMoon.
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  • uhh...
    Why not?
    Voted for by dollar.
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  • well
    techniquely women and children go first so, yes, the child would get the place.
    Voted for by Kazrith.
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  • This is one of those...
    I've gotta be there to see what happens.
    Voted for by Brew Kline.
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  • if its a question of can he
    than yes... also can fight kid adn shoot him dead... but should he is the real question.
    Voted for by pnktrky.
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  • I fail to understand
    When we speak of self-sacrifice, we fare away from ethics and towards the sane and insane. Martyrdom is not normally seen as grounds for proposing whether or not it was an ethical action. Martyrdom transcends this. The act has seemingly no ethical re-precussions. If someone dies for someone else, you do not evaluate the effectiveness or the need for the sacrifice and then dish out good and bad labels. If they felt the sacrifice was worthy, then it meant enough to them to do so.
    Voted for by TeChNoWC.
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  • Utilitarianism
    If you take this from a purely utilitarian viewpoint you must ask which has the more to offer. Maybe the man will be an award winning writer whose work will inspire later generations but the kid might just be a junkie when he grows up. Surely, in this case, then the man should be the one to get the seat.

    However, maybe the man will go on to commit mass murder while the child becomes a great doctor. In this instance then it is the child that should be saved.

    This goes to show that in this instance it is hard to say who should get the seat. Ethically we might argue that the child should get the seat because they have more left to their life but it is how we choose to spend this life that should dictate whether or not we get the seat that will ultimately save us.
    Voted for by Stegofreak.
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  • why
    why give your seat to a sniviling brat whos ethics probly don't match your own would it be better to die and let some one evil survive i think not
    Voted for by thecornerofacircle.
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