• Question: if you could save one life and then be fired, or carry on doing science but not save anyone what would you do?

    Asked by anon-224925 to Simon, Selen, Paul, Nawapat, Natalie, Katy on 18 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Natalie Fowler

      Natalie Fowler answered on 18 Nov 2019:

      This is a real moral dilemma! My gut instinct is to save the life because I could never knowingly not help someone. On the other hand if I could carry on doing science and I could help other scientists save lots more lives then this option would be the greatest good for the most people, and in my mind that’s the right thing.

    • Photo: Nawapat Kaweeyanun

      Nawapat Kaweeyanun answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      Hmm that’s a hard question alright. I would probably choose the former because you can still get hired elsewhere even after you are fired, but you can’t take the life lost back.

    • Photo: Paul Laurance-Young

      Paul Laurance-Young answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      I think I would save the life. Someone, somewhere will eventually do the science but that one life is irreplaceable.

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