The value of life Options

[tkproduce]

A lot of debates seemed to be based on this, so I thought I might make a new topic out of it.

Obviously, life is a valuable thing. But how valuable is it to you? Different people have different opinions.

Say this kid at a school has somehow managed to pick up a fatal disease - maybe something like ebola, but worse. If he is not killed in the next 10 minutes, the disease is contagious enough to infect everyone in the school. You're a doctor with a needle in your hand and you are given the responsibility of making the decision of whether or not to kill this kid. What would you do?

Okay, a very unrealistic situation, but it is slightly similar to other situations. Like the war in Iraq. Do you think the lives of some are worth sacrificing for the welfare of others? The debate about abortion. Letting every foetus with a potential for life to live on, wanted or unwanted, may seem ideal to you, but looking at the big picture, I can see overpopulation and poverty.

So how much do you value individual life?

[Shahin]

Right off the bat, I would kill the kid. Just like that. Hell, if the needle broke I'd club him to death with the closest geometry book.

Do I value life? Yes, I treat it preciously because you never know when it's going to be taken away from you. But I would do absolutely anything to protect the lives of my friends. I would kill for them, I'd die for them. If anything were to threaten one of my friends lives I would step in the way or get them out of it. I value their lives far and away above my own. Loyalty. My number 1 attribute.