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Old 07-22-2009, 10:52 AM   #18 (permalink)
Willravel
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Do you have an ethical obligation to care for this child?
Are there enough resources on the island to support two people? If yes, then you save the child, if maybe, then you save the child, if absolutely not, I dunno. Ethics have limits, but altruism can be strong in humans especially towards babies. We want to love babies, it's encoded deep inside us.

I couldn't walk away simply because of empathy, pity, and altruism.
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