Lets say your Family All had Cancer,and you din't.And the only cure was to....
1.Kill yourself to save them
2.let them die and go on with life.
Witch one would u chose and why?
2006-11-03 15:15:27 · 14 answers · asked by Brian 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Actualy i spelled the first things wrong.
The acutal cure would be to kill your self.
2.Just let them die and go on with life
2006-11-03 15:26:06 · update #1
First, this is an improbable situation. There are probably other situations where people have had to choose their lives over the lives of their family members. (in war-time, or within extreme poverty)
It depends on if you are talking about your parents or siblings, or your children. If it was all of your children that could die, and they had a chance at living with someone to care for them I would say it would be best to sacrifice yourself. If it was one child, but you had others to care for, it's best to let the child die in order to parent the other children. If it were siblings, or parents I do not think it's necessary to sacrifice your life for them. I don't believe that life or any creating force in life would deem it your responsibility to sacrifice to that degree. People need to accept that bad things happen and learn to deal with things like survivor guilt. Plus, what kind of fate would your family have emotionally knowing you died and it was them that the death card had been chosen for? Either way, life needs to take it's course and there are no easy ways out.
2006-11-03 16:09:22 · answer #1 · answered by DanaZ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Eventhough i'm terrified of dying, i'd choose to kill myself and save them. I am my family and my family is me. I couldn't just watch them suffer and slowly die, while sit in good health knowing i could cure them.
2006-11-04 00:32:43 · answer #2 · answered by Nikki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kill myself to save them.
There are more of them which means more chance to make a difference. Survivors usually have more passion for life than those haven't suffered at all.
2006-11-03 23:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by falzalnz 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Both choices are terrible but I would say to let life play its course and let them die. This would be extremely difficult and some would say wrong but imagine how they would feel knowing that you killed yourself to save them. You would feel like you played a role in their deaths, too, but they didn't kill themselves a disease took their lives. It is better to let things run their natural course then to commit a sin and take your own life.
2006-11-03 23:18:59 · answer #4 · answered by sg 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
i hate my life and i cant see any way that it will improve, but my family are happy at least some of the time so if im going to be totally logical i would kill myself.
2014-06-26 23:29:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would let them die cuz i realized a long time ago that in the end we all die, one way or another and everyone i love will die and i will die alone. i wouldnt die to save anyone, becuz that means they will just die alone later.
2006-11-03 23:26:13 · answer #6 · answered by shii shii 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I choose number 3, and that is do whatever it takes to find them the BEST Doctor in the country and help them find a cure...because i don't think i can kill myself, i don't think i can do it, and I can't watch my family to die infront of eyes that's for sure
2006-11-03 23:24:44 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Meow♥ 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Number one. For sure. As long as I know my kids will be taken care of the way I want them to be and they are safe & loved.
2006-11-03 23:16:50 · answer #8 · answered by IMHO 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i would let them die. i agree that we all die alone. if everyone around me is going to die and leave me to deal with everything alone then y bother? i dont want to die alone but y not just speed it up and let myself b alone now?
2006-11-03 23:40:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess number one, if the family was ok with it and if I could be killed using morphine!
2006-11-03 23:18:36 · answer #10 · answered by I do what I want.. 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋