Would you save your father or not? (Ethics)

[TrailMix]

There is a birdflu going on in your city. Your mom is already dead from the flu, and each house gets 1 vaccine.

You: 18 year old male, healthy.
Father: 45 year old male, healthy.


What do you do? Why?




I believe that most people will take/give the vaccine to the 18 year old. We are programmed to survive, and we'll give the vaccine to whoever is most likely to survive (Kids over Old people, healthy over sick... even males over females).


Everything we learned while we were growing up is to sacrifice yourself for family/group/country. Maybe it's been like that to make sure we don't kill off each other and make sure that we have a chance to survive.


ONLY if you TRULY care/love someone, that you will die for them. If their lives mean MORE than YOUR life.

TrailMix Reviewed by TrailMix on 03-13-2006. Would you save your father or not? (Ethics) There is a birdflu going on in your city. Your mom is already dead from the flu, and each house gets 1 vaccine. You: 18 year old male, healthy. Father: 45 year old male, healthy. What do you do? Why? Rating: 5

[3rdEyeVision]

I'd take it probably

[orangeman]

I would let him die. I dont like my dad anyways.

[TakeFlight]

well if its a bird flu epidemic im sure my father would understand that whoever survived would be responsible for continuing the population and wouldnt want to take the vaccine although i would gladly give it to him but I would not suffer the flu i would take my own life before any suffering began, same for my father, id pop him in his sleep

[God v2.0]

id tkae a chance and give half to him and half to me, or i would just give it to him, because if only one person from each family or household survived then most of my friends would be dead and so i wouldnt want to live.

Me and my dad dont see eye to eye but i dont want to see him die, id much rather die than watch anyone i love die.

[d00d989]

i wouldnt be able to live with myself if i took the vaccine and let my family die.
i wouldnt take the vaccine.

[chisme]

to be true id ask why he was never there when i need a father figure when i was facing the bullies at school and i had no money for uniform.....then ide injects myslef

[chisme]

i geuss ide feel liek shit afterwards but whats worse not knwoing our dad or know he's just down the road and doesnt care less?

[sharpezor]

id give it to my dad if my brother already had his. if not,me and my dad would prolly except death together and save my lill bro. what a depressing thread.

[TakeFlight]

if you were seeing massive amounts of people dying i for one would be more in a survival mode, dont you think your dad/familes would want you to live to keep your family heratige going??