Would you sacrifice a life to save ten?

[Johann]

trashleg said:

Johann said:

No there are NOT. At least not in that story.

Why did you do it? It's obvious that you care deeply for your mother. You couldn't bear the thought of going to university knowing that you had the chance to help but didn't. You wouldn't be able to live with yourself. At least partially, you did what you did so you could avoid feeling guilty.

i've never been that close to or particularly fond of my mother. she doesn't work, she moans a lot and she's caused me a lot of hassle since i was about 12.

i didnt do it to avoid feeling guilty. if im being perfectly honest she should have sorted out her own problems. i helped her because she needed help, its that simple.

have some faith in humanity, Johann. please

Oh, please.

If you're not that fond of your mother, it makes it even worse.

"She needed help so I helped?" If you had no emotions at all about the situation you simply wouldn't do it. Do you need proof? Okay, here it goes: You telling this story to a total stranger on the internet makes me think that you're either proud to have done this and feel good about yourself, or you're disappointed that she ended up not sorting out her problems. Maybe part of the reward you were expecting was to see her get back on her feet, and now that she hasn't you feel a little cheated, I seriously don't know. Either way, you're not completely emotionally indiferent to the situation. You wouldn't do this if you were.