I posed one of Dr. Weiner's questions to a friend of mine, a father of two boys and a daughter. The question I posed was the first: "You are on a boat that overturns. It contains your 5 year old and 1 year old children, both of the same sex. The boat sinks and you can save only one. Whom do you choose to save?" My friend pondered this question for several long moments. "I don't really know," he responded. "I guess the youngest, and hope that the older could somehow save himself." Later that evening, he called me at home. He had been thinking about the question ever since I asked it, and he had a new respo
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