Would you give up your life to save a stranger?

What makes your lives your equal? :)

what do you mean? all human life are equal... no one have a higher value than others...

I believe that one life is equal to next, forgive my playing of the devil's advocate. I know my answer to what I am about to say, but I am curious as to yours: We are born with our lives equal. The baby in the crib next to us is not more valuable than we, nor are we more valuable than that baby. But is it possible for a person to lesson the value of their life through their actions? For example, a man is a serial killer and a thief. All he does is take - and that includes the sacred lives of others. Is this murderer's life still equal to other life? For example, is the life of the murderer equal to the life of a doctor that saves lives rather than destroy them like the murderer? Is the murderer's life still equal to the lives of the people he slayed?

That's an interesting perspective. If you have crucial responsibilities to others, is it right to risk your life for another? :)

So for you it would be a matter of time. It is the seconds that are the deciding factor for you when you are thinking about whether or not to risk your life.

Good point! We can't sit down on the sidewalk and ponder while the object of our potential saving is hit by a car. :D

@emilyn1997 is correct... but if one of the children then i am sure she will save it for sure.... what i foresee is because children especially your bloodline has a more or less 80 years of stay here on earth.....

Sounds like things are going well for you! Would you risk your life if instead of a stranger it was one of your children?

well he is not a loser he is just telling it how it is. Most people would not do that because as you said life is PRECIOUS, they have their own life to live so most people would not do it But it is awesome that you would do it shows how selfless you are.

Well I was just saying what my JROTC teacher said. If you read what I wrote I personally never answered the question. If I were to answer yes or no it wouldn't be the truth. I would only know what I would do if that situation was to happen to me. TheBoozBrothers can say he would do it but if that situation was to happen to him, he never knows if he would freeze up or might have second guessing if to do it or not. I don't think anyone can truthfully answer this question until it happens.

That's an excellent point, AishaBR. What we say now and what we do in those last crucial seconds could be worlds apart.

it's because of the adrenaline.. the flight or fight options.... for example: even thou how good you are in performing an earthquake drill, but when the situations like a real magnitude 10 earthquake comes... you'll only forgot your earthquake drill training masterpieces.... maybe you'll stare to something by doing nothing because of the adrenaline and a situations of shocked.... since an unexpected awesome quake happened and you haven't prepared....

Probably the most straight forward and honest answer yet. :)

Let's say the stranger was drowning. Assuming you know how to swim, that reduce the risk to your own life by at least half. With these conditions in place, would you save the life of the stranger? :)