sid,The more I think about how I want to answer this one, the futerhr away I find my answer being.  I wanted to use the example of a cop just ignoring a robbery in progress, but that's a local/state employee and not a private worker, so that doesn't really work.  I still want to say that he should be required to help people in need, but I can't think of the right way to go about it.  What would happen to him if he refused someone who later died because they weren't treated?  Does anyone know how this kind of thing works?  It's obvious enough that he couldn't just reject someone on the basis of race, but then the whole choice thing comes up.  It seems to me that if he has the ability to help alleviate pain, he should be required to, which was kind of what I was getting at in my last post.  But even at the potential compromise of his beliefs/success?  Hmm.  Have to take some time with this one.