If you were faced with "Sophie's Choice", what would you do?

[katylaura]

For anyone who doesn't know, Sophie's Choice is a film about a woman forced to choose which of two children died and which survived. She decided to save her son, at the cost of her daughter dying. If she had refused to choose, both of her children would have died.

This question is clearly meant hypothetically, so you don't have to have children to answer. I know it's pretty deep, but I was wondering what people think is the more "moral" choice to make.

What would you do?

Why would you make that decision?

I would choose between them.

I would flip a coin (or something equally random) to decide.

I would refuse to chose between them.

Updates

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*in the film she doesn't have a choice to sacrifice herself to save them. although obviously, if that was a choice most parents would take it.

[arashmenalagha]

I hope that day will never come. I would never accept a choice between two. So I'll go that's what parents are for. The children are your future you must protect the children.

But then again I wouldn't leave both of them in a war zone. I would have to choose one for sure, If I know I can't win. The youngest one will have to go. :( But I would have some tricks up my sleeve so the choice might not happen at all.

and I know the trick will work.

[Aizou]

and I can't pick myself? (to die)

if I got in that situation right now, I'd

most likely choose the girl, why?

because I can't stand seeing girls cry and

not try to comfort them ^-^

[electromagnetic]

None. If I chose one, the other dies realizing I never loved them as much. Although that would be invalid. & the one I saved with forever live knowing the brother/sister died to save them.

I'd let them both go. Put them out of their pain. In their eyes, they probably assume I never loved them both. In mine, I loved them to let them go.

[Anonymous]

um...maybe the best answer is to choose yourself to die for your children, and pray your husband will take care of them? It's not throwing down my life if my children will be taken care of by the man I trust & love? or.. my family..and thingies...

[Opinion Owner]

um...um..ok so if you cannot die for your children and you have to choose one? Then maybe...let them both go? and then I would die from grief? Or suffer with knowing I had to choose one? and how ti would look when they grew up? that I loved them more? Maybe stuff a huge marshmellow in the persons mouth who thinks he has a choose to make you choose between my children and make sure they choke on it.

[livi23]

I couldn't live with the guilt of picking one over the other. But if I really had to I would pick a kid.

[Anonymous]

Good question. I hope that I never have to make that choice. Of course if the option was to sacrifice myself to save them, I would do that in a heartbeat.

[LoveLayne]

I wouldn't be able to live with myself by choosing one :(

[Love_is_in_the_air]

pick the one who has potential to be billionaire

[Nicefuture]

None.

[xzinax2]

hunger games.