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Edited on Wed Jan-28-04 12:41 PM by djg21
I received the following ethics "test" via e-mail:
This test only has one question, but it's a very important one. Please don't answer it without giving it some serious thought. By giving an honest answer you will be able to test where you stand morally.
The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation, where you will have to make a decision one way or the other. Remember that your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous. Please scroll down slowly and consider each line - this is important for the test to work accurately. With all your honor and dignity what would you do?
Here's the dilemma.
You're in Florida. In Miami, to be exact. There is great chaos going on around you, caused by a hurricane and severe floods. There are huge masses of water all around you. You are a CNN photographer and you are in the middle of this great disaster. The situation is very dire -- nearly hopeless.
There are houses and people floating by you, disappearing into the swirling waters. Nature is showing all its destructive power and is ripping everything away with it. Suddenly you see a man in the water. He is gaspoing for air, fighting for his life, trying not to be taken away by the torrents of water and mud.
You move closer.
Somehow the man looks familiar.
Suddenly it strikes you. You know who the struggling man is! It's George W. Bush!!! At that very same moment, you notice that the raging waters are about to take him away, forever.
You have two options. You can save him or you can take the best photo of your life. Again, you can save the life of George W. Bush, or you can shoot a Pulitzer Prize winning photo -- a unique photographic record displaying the death of one of the world's most powerful men.
And here's the question (please give an honest answer):
Would you (a) select color film, or (b) go with the simplicity of classic black and white?
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