is every life equal?

Supreme Goddess

Out in Nature, Wisconsin

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:06:53

heres the situation... two guys come into the er critical and crashing... ones a prison inmate escorted by guards, and the other is an honest, taxpaying, charity-involved goody goody... who do you help first... who would you work harder for... would you be able to not act better towards one than you do the other... should you be able to...

what about a person whos 80 and a person whos 40...

a mother and a father...

a cooperative patient and an angry pain in the butt thrashing and throwing things...

we could never act the same towards every person, but how much can we favor one person over another before its discrimination... what sort of things could determine which life is more important... should nothing change a persons worth- we should strive to treat every person the same way...

i know that may be kind of rambling... but hopefully you get the general question...

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aceuvclubs

You with the face!

Seattle, Washington

#2

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:12:19

Kind of like Women and Children first if a boat was sinking

I know i'd save the kids before everyone else

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Ziptex

Deleted

Does it matter?, Texas

#3

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:13:27

I think every life starts out equal and what people do with it changes the value.But every life is still important.

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aceuvclubs

You with the face!

Seattle, Washington

#4

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:14:19

Sucks to be all of the men left behind on the Titanic

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convictcelt

bellambi, Australia

#5

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:15:11

Tough question.I would probably follow my gut.But who says the one that is good is not someone who is bad that has not been caught yet

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royalmile700

BALTIMORE, Maryland

#6

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:15:26

Who will contribute more to society?
Who has more life to live?
Who has more to lose if they die?
Are the wounds self inflicted?
Are you just prolonging the inevitable?

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crankshaft

Banned

,

#7

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:17:49

Where I come from, the one who can pay gets the help quickest.

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JuanSmith

Shilsh-Aash yatasay

Near Eucalyptus Trees, Califor

#8

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:18:46

@chisa96 Said

heres the situation... two guys come into the er critical and crashing... ones a prison inmate escorted by guards, and the other is an honest, taxpaying, charity-involved goody goody... who do you help first... who would you work harder for... would you be able to not act better towards one than you do the other... should you be able to...

what about a person whos 80 and a person whos 40...

a mother and a father...

a cooperative patient and an angry pain in the butt thrashing and throwing things...

we could never act the same towards every person, but how much can we favor one person over another before its discrimination... what sort of things could determine which life is more important... should nothing change a persons worth- we should strive to treat every person the same way...

i know that may be kind of rambling... but hopefully you get the general question...

how in the hell would you know that the other guy was really a goody goody charity giving tax-paying blah blah? I always though people in prison still payed taxes I mean they are put to work there..

still other than the inmate wearing his inmate garb.. I think that it shouldn't matter.. if you work in the ER your job is to make sure that you can stabilize and possibly save as many lives as possible.. I would attend the guy is is in more serious trouble.. I definitely would not sit around and ask how much the other guy made,, or if he payed his taxes in time etc.

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royalmile700

BALTIMORE, Maryland

#9

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:21:11

crank has a point....its sad to say but money talks....cut and dry...if doctors think a big donation that could help the hospital might be on the other end of saving someones life over another.....rich guy lives....poor guy probably not so lucky

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aceuvclubs

You with the face!

Seattle, Washington

#10

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:21:52

@JuanSmith Said

how in the hell would you know that the other guy was really a goody goody charity giving tax-paying blah blah? I always though people in prison still payed taxes I mean they are put to work there..

still other than the inmate wearing his inmate garb.. I think that it shouldn't matter.. if you work in the ER your job is to make sure that you can stabilize and possibly save as many lives as possible.. I would attend the guy is is in more serious trouble.. I definitely would not sit around and ask how much the other guy made,, or if he payed his taxes in time etc.

probably why they help the children first when dealing with a ship going down, the children have the least chances after being exposed to the elements, the men would have a longer chance to survive in the water

deal with the worst off first

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chisa96

Supreme Goddess

Out in Nature, Wisconsin

#11

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:24:24

@JuanSmith Said

how in the hell would you know that the other guy was really a goody goody charity giving tax-paying blah blah? I always though people in prison still payed taxes I mean they are put to work there..

still other than the inmate wearing his inmate garb.. I think that it shouldn't matter.. if you work in the ER your job is to make sure that you can stabilize and possibly save as many lives as possible.. I would attend the guy is is in more serious trouble.. I definitely would not sit around and ask how much the other guy made,, or if he payed his taxes in time etc.

its an example... you would know cuz one rushes in with guards and restraints, the other from the concerned family/friends rushing in behind...

the er thing is an example... maybe i should have left them out...

just generally though, how do you measure the value of a life?...

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Edited: January 03, 2009 @ 10:25

JuanSmith

Shilsh-Aash yatasay

Near Eucalyptus Trees, Califor

#12

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:24:27

@aceuvclubs Said

probably why they help the children first when dealing with a ship going down, the children have the least chances after being exposed to the elements, the men would have a longer chance to survive in the water

deal with the worst off first

yeah I would have hated being on the titanic,

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royalmile700

BALTIMORE, Maryland

#13

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:26:38

True story....most of us would be the guys at the bottom of the boat...locked down there to make sure all the others had enough space to stay comfortable.

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aceuvclubs

You with the face!

Seattle, Washington

#14

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:26:47

@JuanSmith Said

yeah I would have hated being on the titanic,

I would have jumped the guy playing the Chello

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aceuvclubs

You with the face!

Seattle, Washington

#15

Jan 03, 2009 @ 10:27:11

@royalmile700 Said

True story....most of us would be the guys at the bottom of the boat...locked down there to make sure all the others had enough space to stay comfortable.

I would have bought the good ticket

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