Like you, I don't know enough to make a real decision. I'd like to think that I would have hung around, but it's hard to say without actually being there.
Most of what I know about this particular case comes from an article on the BBC website. According to that, the climbers wouldn't have been able to save him, but they wouldn't have put themselves at risk by staying either - the issue is that they probably wouldn't have been able to make it to the summit afterwards, due to lack of oxygen/whatever.
I think an everyday equivalent would be a situation where you're having to run for a train at a station and you see someone else struggling with heavy luggage on the stairs. You could stay to help them, which might be something you'd normally do, but if you do then you'll miss your train and you won't make it to the meeting/film/play that you want to get to. At the same time, there are plenty of other people around who could help just as well as you, so there's no specific guilt if you choose to hurry past.
What I do think is that good deeds tend to be habit forming, i.e. the more often you do things like that the more likely you are to do something similar in the future.
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Most of what I know about this particular case comes from an article on the BBC website. According to that, the climbers wouldn't have been able to save him, but they wouldn't have put themselves at risk by staying either - the issue is that they probably wouldn't have been able to make it to the summit afterwards, due to lack of oxygen/whatever.
I think an everyday equivalent would be a situation where you're having to run for a train at a station and you see someone else struggling with heavy luggage on the stairs. You could stay to help them, which might be something you'd normally do, but if you do then you'll miss your train and you won't make it to the meeting/film/play that you want to get to. At the same time, there are plenty of other people around who could help just as well as you, so there's no specific guilt if you choose to hurry past.
What I do think is that good deeds tend to be habit forming, i.e. the more often you do things like that the more likely you are to do something similar in the future.