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And if it were an unknown child or your dog?

If it were a mother with her child in a basket on the bank?

I think it's easy to say your dog because the other option has no personal traits in this example.

In reality, the moment you look that person in the eye and they are a unique individual, the entire scenario changes dramatically.

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Agreed. Talk is cheap. Looking someone in the eye and deciding to let them die would be a very big deal for most of us.

Heck, in war it's even hard to get soldiers to shoot people trying to kill them, for quite a while. Killing people is a big leap.