Well you see, in my case I sorta feel.... I NEED to help someone regardless of knowing them or not when the situation is on the verge of
life or death. why?
I figured... if I didn't do it, would people know about this? 50/50 chances they didn't or wouldn't care, however would I know about this?
Indeed and the more i'd think about it the more I would realize that not going to the aid of someone in that situation would
(at least for me) be a violation of common sense regardless of getting something or not out of the whole thing...
it's like.... metaphorically speaking, you helped someone out who was being mugged in the street, you fully risk yourself to injuries and whatnot
for the sake of a person in danger, and assuming (not always) that there's these 2 (specific) outcomes:
a) you help person out, person is actually more angry for your involvement.
b) you walk out on the person, and something wrong possibly happened.
let's take a closer look shall we?
I mean if I decided to take a) who knows what the outcome may be, but assuming the mugging itself got
prevented and indeed such person chews me out for it, I'd still keep in track the reason why I did it, was it for a reward? not necessarily, what
(imo) would have motivated me would have been that if I had not interfered, something bad would have happened and even though I still get
the bad end of the ordeal in theory something worse would have been avoided should I have gone for option b). in a way (and theory) I consider
both the option's results beforehand and take the least guilt inducing one regardless of outcome, I'd say it would be choosing the least of all evils(?)
but then there's the other side of the issue, this doesn't ALWAYS work and can indeed get me in even more hot water should I recklessly
try to make the best or prevent the worst of a situation.... I mean, what if a person was dying? heart-attack, choking, stuck in a fire etc...
I mean sure we'd feel a strong urge to go and help but I would totally reconsider this before rushing in.... Am I a CPR expert? do I know how to
do a proper heimlich maneuver? am I properly geared to go into a building in flames? 9 out of 10, absolutely not, and actually considering to drop
whatever it is I'm doing and go charging in would be the worst idea to get in that situation.
so... In a way, after giving it some thought I figured sometimes although it might induce a guilt trip, it's better not to get involved in some events
unless it is perfectly clear what you need to do and what you should realistically expect from the outcome, regardless if you got sued or rewarded
in the end doesn't such person's life in danger outweight whatever possible reward it is to gain?