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?

[*Weird addiction*]

1. About the boy...i wouldn't call it killing...there's actually nothing to debate about in this case. The boy is going to die anyways, and if the right action isn't taken, thousands of people will die...so you get the picture.

2. As for abortion, i think it's wrong. Overpopulation?
a. you had unprotected sex...sure it was fun, now you aren't even thinking of the consequences (a baby). That's stupid. Like it or not, the baby is YOUR responsibility...if you don't want it, give it up for adoption but don't take it's life...because it's murder.

b. let's say you were raped...not your fault at all...but still...you have no right to take a baby's life...like i said earlier, give it up for adoption...but don't abort it...it's just wrong...