You are on holiday in Bali with your spouse and 18-year-old son. You have been there...

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You are on holiday in Bali with your spouse and 18-year-old son.You have been there for a week and are ready to head home. Allthree of you are at the airport getting ready to board your plane,when an armed officer comes around with a sniffer dog. You have allyour bags on a trolley. The dog passes by the bags of you and yourspouse, but begins barking when it reaches your sons' bag.

Your son appears obviously anxious. A year ago he had a problemwith prescription drugs but has since turned his life around. Atfirst you feel angry that he would do such a thing and startplanning your responsibility lecture, but then you realize that youare in Bali, and they have a zero-tolerance policy on drugs,meaning your son could be jailed for life, or worse, executed, ifhe does have some illicit materials in his bag. You look at yourspouse and realize they have come to the same conclusion and hasgone pale with fear.

The armed officer accompanying the dog finds a baggie of drugsin your sons' bag. The officer looks at you and asks “Whose bag isthis?”

Should you save your son and claim the bag is yours?

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There are two possible answers The question is put in such a way where it easily triggers two conflicting answers but one side of the answer being logically correct and the other side of the answer being emotionally right However let me take the role of an empathetic father It is true that    See Answer
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