If you were a male, adult passenger on the Titanic..........

[Santander]

Let's not kid ourselves. All of you would choose self-preservation, and that is a good thing. Such instincts are what keep our species alive. There is no heroism in dying for those you do not know unless it is for a greater cause such as in war or to preserve public safety/order, especially if there is no guarantee that your individual actions would actually affect the outcome.

So no, I'm not ashamed to say that I would get in a life boat, although in an even more extreme hypothetical scenario where there was literally one space on the last life boat and it was between me and a child or a beautiful woman, of course I would give up the spot for the greater good of humanity.