RadioLab Podcast Episode 'Playing God' Summary

When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? ​​Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you?

In this episode, we follow New York Times reporter Sheri Fink as she searches for the answer. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play God?  To view, visit the hyperlink: http://www.radiolab.org/story/playing-god/