House Fire Dilemma

[Engadine Mcdonalds 1997]

It also depends on the time of day. Early in the morning right before work? Sorry mate, the Sigma grindset never stops. Later in the afternoon? Sorry mate, this is an express train to my gaming chair.

[Bonggongland]

You are surrounded by 10 houses that are on fire. Each house has a mother and her son, except for one house which has a woman pregnant with a boy. They are all strangers to you.
You only have time to save the occupant(s) of one house. Who do you save? Personally I'd probably save the 45 year old mother and her 25 year old son.

Is this dilemma moral or economic?

Personally I think it's an economic dilemma as people of different ages are unequally valuable. A random toddler is less valuable to me than a random adult.

Okay but from a purely economical standpoint it's more profitable for me to save nobody and thus put a downward pressure on the labor market. Morally, grey area as I am giving my family a better life without necessarily doing anything wrong but just not going above and beyond.