JEMC said:
| IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
Yeah, it's true that I wouldn't choose anything over a human either (except in extreme cases where the animal is my cat and the human is a severe criminal beyond recovery, etc.) I just find it interesting that there appears to be no objective arguments supporting those actions. Only our feelings.
I should mention though that if there ever came aliens to Earth with greater empathy, compassion and intelligence than any of us, I might have saved one of those guys instead of a human (given both are strangers to me). I mean, saving the alien would most likely result in a better situation for the human species. It should be possible that those talking dolphins you mentioned would reason the same way about us.
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I don't think I would save the alien.
It's 1 person against 1 alien. The life or death of any of them would mean nothing in the grand scheme of things. The aliens would still be here and do what they do and humans would still be here and do their things as well whoever you choose to save.
In the end, it wouldn't be a rational action but a reflex, and you can't be sure how you will react.
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Indeed, which is why I said "might".
At this very moment though, I'd go for the alien without a doubt. In the actual scenario, who knows?
