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Ruin an expensive suit to save a drowning child?

Would you ruin an expensive suit to save a drowning child?

  • Yes

    Votes: 210 90.5%

  • No

    Votes: 22 9.5%
  • Total voters
    232
of course i would save the child. I'm curious whats wrong with the 13 ppl that said they wouldnt?
 
I am not an empathic person. I don't feel for others very well. I am self-centered and choose to shut out things that I find displeasing. In the end, I would allow pure laziness under the guise of uncertainty to keep me from jumping in. I have always held back in the face of types of uncertainty and have failed to make better decisions because of that. Human life is great and all, but if I don't take my life too seriously, I won't take seriously the life of a stranger.
 
What's up with the 14 people who voted "no?" A suit can be replaced! I am sure the parents would reimburse you for the suit.
 
I don't think I would be much help anyway, I am not exactly a strong swimmer. Would probably end up needing rescuing myself.
 
That_Guy said:
I am not an empathic person. I don't feel for others very well. I am self-centered and choose to shut out things that I find displeasing. In the end, I would allow pure laziness under the guise of uncertainty to keep me from jumping in. I have always held back in the face of types of uncertainty and have failed to make better decisions because of that. Human life is great and all, but if I don't take my life too seriously, I won't take seriously the life of a stranger.
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OH MY GOD

THE HONESTY

it burrrns
 
Is this a moral difference? It seems clear to me that it is not.
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of course, there may not be an ethical difference. you can come up with whatever proofs and thoughts you want, though,

cuz our psychology will remain the same:

the more people that are around to help, the less likely you are to receive help. a well documented effect. (i dont know how much this applies to things like anonymous donations. wiki bystander effect, i believe thats the term i referred to)
 
most people would save the kid, unless it meant swimming out into deep waters. i agreee with what thujone said earlier, this question doesnt cover any real possiblities - like what kind of waters the child is in, etc. etc. etc. - and it comes across as a bit offensive to me. it is obviously an attempt to make people identify themselves as either "goodie two shoes" or "callous bastards." when usually its not that simple.
 
for me this questions a no brainer. even if it was a really nice expensive outfit...
who the fuck cares? in comparison that's like asking

would you prefer to have no money, or a million dollars?

a life, a childs life at that, can't begin to compare to anything material... so this is a ridiculous question in my opinion
(no offense)
 
ControlDenied said:
most people would save the kid, unless it meant swimming out into deep waters. i agreee with what thujone said earlier, this question doesnt cover any real possiblities - like what kind of waters the child is in, etc. etc. etc. - and it comes across as a bit offensive to me. it is obviously an attempt to make people identify themselves as either "goodie two shoes" or "callous bastards." when usually its not that simple.
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That's kind of the point. It's meant as a philosophical, thought provoking question. You're supposed to continue reading more into it without just thinking literally . . .
 
No.

What could saving a child do for me?

However, this expensive suit could get me a high paying job somewhere, assuming that I didn't have the money to pay for the suit myself.

In the end, its my suit and not my child. If it was my child though, I'd ruin the suit.
 
There'es so many factors here... I mean is the suit like imported??? And how cute is the kid? Because statistics show that people are generally more inclined to protect and take precautions for "cuter" kids so this would have to be a pretty goddamn adorable child before I fuck-up my suit. I mean I just spent like 3 hours at Men's Warehouse trying to get this thing. I mean, I'm just saying this kid better be at least as cute as the Welch's grape juice commercial kid, cause if I dive-in that water after spending all morning picking out this suit at JCPenny and I save this kid and they look like Dakota Fanning or something, I'll punch that kid right in the face. That girl is creepy as hell.
 
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