Ethical Questions
Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had
8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis; would you recommend that she have an abortion?
Read the next question before scrolling down to the answer of this one.
Question 2: It is time to elect the world leader, and your
vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates:
Candidate A:
Liked to work with crooked politicians,
and consults with astrologists.
He's had two mistresses.
He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.
Candidate B:
He was kicked out of office twice,
sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whisky every evening.
Candidate C:
He is a decorated war hero.
He's a vegetarian,
doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and hasn't had any extramarital affairs.
Which of these candidates would be your choice? Decide first. No peeking, then scroll down for the answer.
Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt
Candidate B is Winston Churchill
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler
....and by the way:
Answer to the abortion question -
if you said yes, you just killed Beethoven.
Makes you think don't it!
Now I have another one for you.
If the 15 year old girl across the street from you got pregnant by the 40 year old married man living with his family next door to her, would you advise her to have an abortion?
If you said yes, you just killed Jesse Jackson.
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