Violins

One day, you wake up in hospital. In the nearby bed lies a world famous violinist who is connected to you with various tubes and machines.

To your horror, you discover that you have been kidnapped by the Music Appreciation Society. Aware of the maestro’s impending death, they hooked you up to the violinist.

If you stay in the hospital bed, connected to the violinist, he will be totally cured in nine months. You are unlikely to suffer harm. No one else can save him. Do you have an obligation to stay connected?

I would probably stay in the bed for nine months. I would probably ask for a reward, but if I they had nothing to give, I would still do it. I definitely would not like staying under those conditions, even if I had a tv, laptop, food, and other luxurious things. You wouldn't be able to walk, or take a regular shower, or do any form of physical activities.

If the circumstances were different, and the person in the bed next to me was a criminal then I would not offer to save their life so easily. It would depend on what they did and how serious it was. No matter how much I hated that person, I would still do it, because who am I to say wether a person should die or not.