how much money would you pay to save ONE person's life?

I'd feel very, very sorry for the person whose life is dependant on the size of my pocketbook, as I'm always flat broke.

I don't know. I'd probably give all of my money, or at least the vast majority of it, to save someone's life.

$3.50.t3hrubikscube

Unless It was someone in my family, I doubt I'd give any more than twenty-five percent.

}I'd call up the dog that got left 12 million dollars by it's owner.

Otherwse I'd feel sorry for whoever's life is depending on me, I don't have any cash flow o.o

$3.50.t3hrubikscube

about 100 kroners, thats roughly 15 US dollars.

I just went thru the scenario in my head for the second time, only to conclude that i would actually set my limit to 100 kroners, even if i had more than 100 kroners to offer.

I saw this topic today and didn't have a real answer then.

I still don't. Kinda sad.

I saw this topic today and didn't have a real answer then.

I still don't. Kinda sad.

DigitalExile

I dont find it sad. I find you having trouble putting a monetary value on the head of a complete stranger refreshing and delightful. :)

[QUOTE="DigitalExile"]

I saw this topic today and didn't have a real answer then.

I still don't. Kinda sad.

BiancaDK

I dont find it sad. I find you having trouble putting a monetary value on the head of a complete stranger refreshing and delightful. :)

[QUOTE="BiancaDK"][QUOTE="DigitalExile"]

I saw this topic today and didn't have a real answer then.

I still don't. Kinda sad.

DigitalExile

I dont find it sad. I find you having trouble putting a monetary value on the head of a complete stranger refreshing and delightful. :)

you should bother because its a fellow human being. He/she is playing on your team. Youre almost obligated to take some form of action, as i see it. Besides, how would you sleep at night, knowing that you were in correlation to the demise of a person with thoughts, ideas turned into ideals and other aspirations gained thru the walk of life. You can identify with that, cant you? And assuming you can identify with the person, even on such basic grounds, youre likely to feel very guilty if you dont take some form of action :) So the question given should be;"how much would it cost to vanquish the feeling of grave guilt", seen in the light of egoism (something i am sure you can relate to). And i appreciate the fact that you would make an offer on me, i would totally make an offer on you too. 150 kroners maybe! (20 bucks.)

Which is alot.

For me atleast.

you should bother because its a fellow human being. He/she is playing on your team. Youre almost obligated to take some form of action, as i see it. Besides, how would you sleep at night, knowing that you were in correlation to the demise of a person with thoughts, ideas turned into ideals and other aspirations gained thru the walk of life. You can identify with that, cant you? And assuming you can identify with the person, even on such basic grounds, youre likely to feel very guilty if you dont take some form of action :) So the question given should be;"how much would it cost to vanquish the feeling of grave guilt", seen in the light of egoism (something i am sure you can relate to). And i appreciate the fact that you would make an offer on me, i would totally make an offer on you too. 150 kroners maybe! (20 bucks.)

Which is alot.

For me atleast.

BiancaDK

I'd probably pay up, but I wouldn't really see it as being my responsiblity. Besides, you can't really talk about guilt and obligation and then go and put such a small value on my life.

DigitalExile: Whos talking about putting a small value on anyones life? 150 kroners is alot by most peoples standards, my own included. Think about the stuff you could get for 20 bucks! So much icecream you could barf being an example. So whatever monetary worth you hold, holds the same monetary value as a whole days worth of chocolate ice binge eating. Thats pretty good in any girls book. And ill explain the finer points of my previously posted comment some other time, i really dont feel like being "academic" right now. I feel like a bucket of ben & jerrys tbh.BiancaDK

Relatively, sure, 20 bucks (around 40 or 50 AU) can buy you a lot of different things, but if that's only 150 (kronar) of thousands or more, the amount becomes worthless and the gesture becomes an insult.

For example, I could lay down 5, 10, 15, 20 or 80 Australian dollars. That's a lot of ice cream, but it means nothing if you consider I could lay down $1600 (all my money in the world).

Would you be happy knowing that I value my $5 as much as my $1600, I just value it differently depending on how much I have? Would you then be happy knowing they I was only willing to lay down $5 for your life, despite how much I could have?

Personally, if the person that was going to kill me was asking for you to make an offer that, if he refused, would result in my death, I'd expect nothing than less 100%. If you're going to gamble with my life, gamble with your money too, or don't bother at all.

Luckily though none of us has to make this decision.

None. I've had it enough with saving lives before I even managed to save one. Once, I contributed a fair sum (equivalent to 10$ or so) to save someone's life; I think they needed money for an operation. I didn't want to, but I was somewhat forced into it; would have looked bad if I wouldn't. Next time I bring up this incident with the relevant people I hear that person died. Last time I try to do something nice.

[QUOTE="BiancaDK"]DigitalExile: Whos talking about putting a small value on anyones life? 150 kroners is alot by most peoples standards, my own included. Think about the stuff you could get for 20 bucks! So much icecream you could barf being an example. So whatever monetary worth you hold, holds the same monetary value as a whole days worth of chocolate ice binge eating. Thats pretty good in any girls book. And ill explain the finer points of my previously posted comment some other time, i really dont feel like being "academic" right now. I feel like a bucket of ben & jerrys tbh.DigitalExile

Relatively, sure, 20 bucks (around 40 or 50 AU) can buy you a lot of different things, but if that's only 150 (kronar) of thousands or more, the amount becomes worthless and the gesture becomes an insult.

For example, I could lay down 5, 10, 15, 20 or 80 Australian dollars. That's a lot of ice cream, but it means nothing if you consider I could lay down $1600 (all my money in the world).

Would you be happy knowing that I value my $5 as much as my $1600, I just value it differently depending on how much I have? Would you then be happy knowing they I was only willing to lay down $5 for your life, despite how much I could have?

Personally, if the person that was going to kill me was asking for you to make an offer that, if he refused, would result in my death, I'd expect nothing than less 100%. If you're going to gamble with my life, gamble with your money too, or don't bother at all.

Luckily though none of us has to make this decision.

i see your point. Youre pointing out how relative the value of cash is, or rather the quantity of cash holding a set value. But this is me! I perceive money differently than you (not saying that i am in any way more "correct" in my perception.) And the offer i made, viewn in the light of your examples, is obviously an upfront to human decensy, but please keep in mind that the circumstances of which my offer originates from, is seen in an entirely different light.

So a days worth of chocolate icecream binge eating stands. :P