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  • Question about Self-Sacrifice?

    Most people say that, if they could summon the courage, they would sacrifice their life to save a family member or a comrade. Now let's make the choice a little more difficult.

    Let's say that an evil wizard has kidnapped Person A. He offers you a choice. If you sacrifice your life, then he will let Person A free. If you don't, you go free but he flips a fair coin to decide Person A's fate. If it comes up heads, Person A goes free with you, if tails, Person A dies. Assume that you can trust the evil wizard to keep his word.

    Is there any Person A for whom you'd be willing to sacrifice your life to save from a 50/50 shot at death?

    Now let's say that we have the exact same situation, except the wizard will kill Person A if you don't sacrifice your life, and if you do sacrifice your life, he flips a coin to decide Person A's fate.

    Is there any Person A for whom you'd be willing to make the sacrifice?

    If the answers are different, why?

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