What would you do?

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July 19th, 2016 at 4:39:18 PM permalink
Nareed
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I dislike contrived moral dilemmas because they're contrived and unrealistic. Nevertheless, they can serve to illustrate a point. For instance:

Suppose you're at a fertility clinic where a fire's broken out. You're in a room containing a baby and a container with two dozen frozen embryos. You can save either the baby or the embryos. What do you do?
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July 19th, 2016 at 5:02:13 PM permalink
rxwine
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Is the baby or one of the embryos Hitler?
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July 19th, 2016 at 5:08:05 PM permalink
Nareed
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Quote: rxwine
Is the baby or one of the embryos Hitler?


No. You've no idea what their future might be.
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July 19th, 2016 at 5:16:54 PM permalink
Face
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What is the sex of the baby?
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July 19th, 2016 at 5:23:20 PM permalink
Nareed
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Quote: Face
What is the sex of the baby?


Irrelevant.
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July 19th, 2016 at 5:26:44 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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How young, attractive and "appreciative" will the baby's mother be?

What about you stay there, the baby dies and the embryos die? Do you die some sort of noble death for failing to prefer one over the other? What about the scientists at the Moscow Seed Institute who starved to death rather than eat the seeds that might feed the world in forth coming generations?
July 19th, 2016 at 5:28:10 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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Quote: Nareed
Irrelevant.
Not at all. As a teenage girl she might become very "appreciative".
July 19th, 2016 at 5:33:01 PM permalink
TheCesspit
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I need to know their predicted swim times.
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July 20th, 2016 at 5:24:44 AM permalink
DJTeddyBear
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Neither.

Save my own ass first.
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