[Captain.Remy]

A pregnant woman leading a group of people out of a cave on a coast is stuck in the mouth of that cave.
In a short time high tide will be upon them, and unless she is unstuck, they will all be drowned except the woman, whose head is out of the cave.
Fortunately, (or unfortunately,) someone has with him a stick of dynamite. There seems no way to get the pregnant woman loose without using the dynamite which will inevitably kill her; but if they do not use it everyone will drown.

What should they do?

[ILoveTRW]

Kill the women obviously

[Jack_]

A few factors come into this:

#1 - How they're related to the woman. If it's a randomer, then I can understand why some would want to make the decision to use the dynamite.

#2 - How willing the people are to go through with it, i.e if they're the type that just look out for themselves, or if they're the opposite.

#3 - The woman herself - and whether she's willing to sacrifice herself or not.

#4 - How long the group has been together, i.e if they've shared a long experience/come to befriend each other etc.

Personally, if I was related to them at all, I would be against the idea. The only thing that may persuade me otherwise is if the woman herself agreed to the idea. If it were a randomer, that I had not known long, then things may be different. Then again, I don't like the idea of killing anyone, let alone a pregnant woman - thus killing two lives. So again, it would probably be put down to the woman herself and the general consensus of the people I was with.

Also, if I had spent a long time with these people, I would probably think 'well, we've all been through this together - so we've got to end it together'. Then again, killing one person and saving many sounds a lot better than killing them all. I also assume being blown up would be a lot quicker/less painful/torturing than drowning. But I'm not too sure, so feel free to correct me on that one.

Tough question, one of which I will probably never be able to conclusively answer. But right now I'd probably say no to using the dynamite.