# Moral Question: Phelps or Gold?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-question-phelps-or-gold/596578
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 17, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-question-phelps-or-gold/596578 "2011-09-17T00:47:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-question-phelps-or-gold/596578/121 "2014-03-21T03:52:49Z")

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I wonder what the results would look like now…

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### Author: ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-question-phelps-or-gold/596578/122 "2014-03-21T03:59:54Z")

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> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#):
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> I wonder what the results would look like now…

Since he’s dead, not much point in rescuing him, is there? 😉

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### Author: ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-question-phelps-or-gold/596578/123 "2014-03-21T09:21:32Z")

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So… we can have the magical floating gold now? Turns out it was fake inflatable ingots, but ironically, they sell on eBay for more than the real thing, because of their provenance in connection with an absurd moral dilemma scenario.

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