>>21310A lot depends on the context, indeed.
> Would you give up a promising career to aid the family in time of need?If I hate them enough to not refer to them as my family, then probably there is no reason for me to help them at all.
> would you slip a poison into your king's drink?Depends on if I hate the king. Being able to slip something into the king's drink implies a position of trust… But what if one day both love and respect are turned into hatred and disdain by his acts? Although, even then there is a chance that that I'd only attempt to resign from my position.
> Steal what food you needed to survive?Stealing food… but from whom? If it were from that guy who'd somehow gotten a huge stockpile of it and was then trying to sell it at a sky-high price, not only would I steal from him if I could, I might well be willing to share some with the others, too. But I would never rob a thin-to-the-bone little girl of her tiny piece of bread. Although, who knows. A man on a full stomach and a man starving are two different men. The starving one might end up not only eating her bread, but devouring what little meat remains as well.
