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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Pretzel · 70-79, M

Save the kid
the others may be starving but there is potention for them to find a way to exist

without help the child in the burning building will most likely die
(unless the fire department is on scene - in which case I grab the painting - and forget about the starving kids)

TheDeathOfOzymandiaz

@Pretzel There is no potential for them to be saved. What then?