In an emergency situation, you can save either one person you love deeply — a family member or close friend — or ten strangers you will never meet. You have no ability to do both. Both choices mean watching the other group perish. You have 30 seconds to decide.
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In an emergency situation, you can save either one person you love deeply — a family member or close friend — or ten strangers you will never meet. You have no ability to do both. Both choices mean watching the other group perish. You have 30 seconds to decide.

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Accepted Answer

44% chose "Save the one person I love" and 56% chose "Save the ten strangers". This is a classic formulation of utilitarian ethics versus personal loyalty. Utilitarians (like Jeremy Bentham) argue that the greatest good for the greatest number means saving ten. Critics argue that personal relationships carry special moral weight — loving your family more than strangers is not selfishness but a natural and necessary human attachment. The 30-second constraint removes the comfort of abstract theorizing.

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