Moral Dilemma

Often, it is good practice to imagine a moral question, an imaginary situation, decide what you would do in that situation, and discuss the ramifications of the question and your actions with good friends. Here is a hypothetical situation... think, and try to be honest with yourself. The situation: You are in the Midwest, and there is a huge flood in progress. Many homes have been lost, water supplies compromised, and infrastructure destroyed. Let's say you're a photographer out getting still photos for a news service, traveling alone, looking for particularly poignant scenes. If you were to stumble across George Bush desperately struggling from being swept away in a raging river... and you had a choice of rescuing him or getting a Pulitzer prize-winning photograph of the death of a President.........

 

 

What lens would you use?

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