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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
Interesting.
So in effect you're saying the OP is probably fucked up for asking the question to begin with?
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Well, the answer should be obvious. As a parent there is zero question what the answer is. As a person of reasonably sound mind, even if one is without children, it's still obvious what a parent would say. So the question is then "how could one be confused as to what a parent might decide to do?".
Psychopaths are almost never violent. They do have brains that a mis-wired in such a way that they are usually aware that they have a real problem as all day, everyday, they are seeing that they lack the same emotional responses of others. They learn to understand the world and behavior in a very different way. They learn to fake the right emotional responses at the right time etc creating the perception of normalcy. But generally speaking, they love an a world that is emotionally gray vs ours of vivid and widely varying color). As an analogy, you and I know at a stop light to go on green. A psychopath, has learned to go when the top light is on. This is why they can be around us and not stand out in spite of their gross emotional deficiencies and seem perfectly normal until they slip up and ask a question like "why would a parent save their child"
Understanding how our brains process moral decisions and knowing that normal people experience a very strong flash of emotional affect, after which they act accordingly, it is also easy to understand how a person lacking that intense emotional response is confused at why a parent would save a child.
Psychopaths have no emotional attachment to their children. They don't experience love. To them, their children are objects and possessions. Letting one die is the emotional equivalent of throwing away an old shirt. In most cases, a relief unless that child brought something to the table (achievements, abilities/talents, attractiveness etc) which reflect well on the parent or some other benefit to the parent which they would regret losing.
Anyway, sincerely not understanding why it's an absurd question to ask, suggests quite a bit about the emotional wiring of the person asking the question.