A building is burning. You have time to either save a child trapped inside or

a valuable painting which you would then sell, using the money to save 20 children from certain starvation. What should you do and why?

If you don't save the painting the 20 kids are 100% guaranteed to starve to death

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SW-User

Save the kid now because that feels like the only certainty that I can do. The rest is potential.

TheDeathOfOzymandiaz

@SW-User The rest is 100% guaranteed. What then?

SW-User

@TheDeathOfOzymandiaz I'll still probably save the kid which technically is the wrong decision but the kid is in front of me and it's how I appease my guilt. What I don't see won't affect me as much. So.. a selfish decision.