How far would you go to save your kid? (or other half or parents).

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Your kid is right at the back of the bus ... you can save 6 kids near the front of the sinking bus, or you can save just your own at the back (i.e. you only have a certain amount of time before the bus fills up totally with water and the remaining occupants drown). By choosing not to save the 6 kids, you are effectively killing them to save your child.

then you would do your level best to save all with your child having priority because.....wait for it.....he/she would be your child!

Originally Posted by Wayluya

All power to you for trying to understand the motivation of folk, people are fascinating creatures ..

Nail - head

You will notice quite a few of my posts/threads are of this nature ... some more subtlety initiated than others

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

then you would do your level best to save all with your child having priority because.....wait for it.....he/she would be your child!

You physically can't, there isn't time and you know it ... its your kid or 6 others ...

So you would effectively kill six other kids to save your single child?? .. you would see 6 family's in pain/suffering over just you/yours? And you KNOW you could have saved them if you were prepared to sacrifice your own child for the greater good ...

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

You physically can't, there isn't time and you know it ... its your kid or 6 others ...

So you would effectively kill six other kids to save your single child?? .. you would see 6 family's in pain/suffering over just you/yours? And you KNOW you could have saved them if you were prepared to sacrifice your own child for the greater good ...

if I could save them I would try everything in my power to do so, but when in that situation you're main worry would be your child

[Ruffy]

Just arrived. Interesting debate!

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

You physically can't, there isn't time and you know it ... its your kid or 6 others ...

So you would effectively kill six other kids to save your single child?? .. you would see 6 family's in pain/suffering over just you/yours? And you KNOW you could have saved them if you were prepared to sacrifice your own child for the greater good ...

Rationally, you would save the other six. But I believe that humans are fundamentally emotional and that, because of fuzzy emotion at the time, the parent would prioritise getting to his own kid, probably resulting in all perishing (maybe including the parent).

For the record, in answer to the OP question, I can envisage circumstances where I would be prepared to kill for my children/family/others but, along the lines of yorkie-chris's posts, my "victim" would need to be a perpetrator of evil or threat of sufficient magnitude (my perception) against them. It's simple root cause and effect. If they cause a problem for me then the effect will be for me to retaliate as I see fit. Leave me alone and I will happily reciprocate.

I would kill my kid for you, Blue.


What was the question again?

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Ruffy

my "victim" would need to be a perpetrator of evil or threat of sufficient magnitude (my perception) against them.

That's the whole point of my theory on it.

If they aren't a real and direct threat then there's no point doing the 10 years in the nick or whatever for killing them.

Hmmm ... interesting thread. But as far as I am concerned everyone who has kids would do the same. Kill ANYONE to save their own kid. I live for my daughter and life without her would be impossible. So if killing someone would save her there is no doubt in my mind I would kill to save her. This is regardless of killing an intruder sneaking into my house or my friend. So it will not be a surprice to say I would save my daughter and let other 6 kids die. I could live with that - possibly reliving it for the rest of my life but I could live with that I think. I could not live with the thought of not saving my kid. After all I would kill myself if it meant she would stay alive.

I do WHATEVER I had to, Kill, maim, torture, absolutely anything. Consequences, guilt and morals would be left at home!

What concerns me here is that no one and I mean NO ONE has said they wouldn't unconditionally kill to save their kid ...

That person you are killing is not only someone else's kid, but they could be the father/mother of several of their own kids ... by killing them you are not only taking someones child away, you are potentially orphaning several more too ... they might have even been killing your kid for good reason (the kid might have been putting many more in danger (lets presume inadvertently)).

How can you be so unconditionally saying yes ... its a very scary attitude