Thursday, May 27, 2010

for whom do we sacrifice, and how much anyway?

would i give my life for... my kid? my spouse? my parents? my closest friend? my not-so-close friend? someone i barely know? some faceless poor person?

how do things change if we slide along the other axis - for whom would i give up... ten years delay of career advancement? 10% of life time earnings? three years of good health? a really nice vacation? a decent meal? an hour of time?

yes, it's only a thought experiment, but in some hypothetical situation that one would make up, how do you determine where you would draw the line?