Surviving? Is it worth it.

[BeardyMan]

Actually SD I was using that very simple scenario in response to the posts below

(21 August 2013, 20:09)River Song Wrote: That kind of argument i.e. 'situation ethics' has what's got us into this mess. Ethics are ethics and whats right and wrong does not depend upon circumstances. I will argue that they are firm and fixed
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whether you like it or not you do have responsibilities to the rest of society.

(21 August 2013, 20:40)Highlander Wrote: To walk away,... without the slightest thought to someone in distress, is making us as bad as the people committing the crime

The original questions were would you protect a woman from a rapist and would you save a family from highway men?

A big NO to both here, but that doesn't make me as bad as the people committing the acts. Just makes me more averse to danger and more likely to survive than those who think they'll go an play hero.

Skean Dhude Wrote:The answer for almost everyone though depends on the exact situation. And none of us know that yet.

So not much point in answering this one at all then?