I was not sure where to put this thread, so arrived here. Feel free to move it, but please let me know about a new place of thread, thanks.
Imagine a situation you were on a deserted island. There would be no humans around and no vegetation, either. Seems like you're the only one [adult] on the island and it also seems you don't have any nutrition with yourself... The only person that accompanies you is a very little child (around two or three...). Though you lack so many things, you have a knife. My question is, would you be able to cut off part of your body in order to feed the kid, if it would help the kid survive?
My question is, as you noticed, very hypothethical. I'm just interested in the moral dilemma of it and how you'd solve it.
Thanks for answers,
Valy
Imagine a situation you were on a deserted island. There would be no humans around and no vegetation, either. Seems like you're the only one [adult] on the island and it also seems you don't have any nutrition with yourself... The only person that accompanies you is a very little child (around two or three...). Though you lack so many things, you have a knife. My question is, would you be able to cut off part of your body in order to feed the kid, if it would help the kid survive?
My question is, as you noticed, very hypothethical. I'm just interested in the moral dilemma of it and how you'd solve it.
Thanks for answers,
Valy