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To: medatj
How do you fellow people look at the responsibility vs personal liberty?

That is an excellent question to ask. Western political philosophy has been examining answers to that question for centuries.
3 posted on 06/10/2008 8:24:15 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps
I'm no lawyer (thank goodness), but my understanding is that his actions would be perfectly legal under U.S. law. You have every right to save your own life, and no obligation -- under law -- to save anyone else's life if it puts your life at risk.

Hence, in an incident like this, it becomes a matter of personal values. If you value your own life above anything else, you're free to make the same choice as this teacher did. If, however, you believe that you couldn't live with yourself knowing that you let a classroom of children die to save your own life, you might make a different choice.

7 posted on 06/10/2008 8:30:47 PM PDT by AZLiberty (Wipe the national hard drive and reinstall the Constitution.)
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To: Army Air Corps

“Examing the answers” means still no conclusion?


14 posted on 06/10/2008 9:49:23 PM PDT by medatj
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