The Dardenne brothers latest film, Two Days, One Night posits a basic question for all of us to consider: Would you choose to receive a bonus if it meant that your colleague lost her job? 
Understanding that your colleague does her job well but she is not a close friend, what would you choose to do?
Martin Luther King Jr. often asked such questions of us. His final speech in Memphis, Tennessee was no exception: “The question is not what might happen to me if I stop to help the sanitation workers. The question is what happens if I do not stop to help, what will happen to them? That is the question.” 
Are you willing to sacrifice for others? Or is it you above all else?
Stupid question.
Exactly. Who would ever take the bonus?
No – this is a stupid question because the example is senseless – why wouldn’t someone take the bonus if it meant putting food on their table, etc.? So I should starve so she can eat? Her sacrifice is to lose her job so I can eat!
the question “what would you sacrifice to help another being” is not and doesn’t require an example – just simple soul searching.
There is no starvation here, just personal sacrifice for the benefit of another.
So, we’re talking about the Koch brothers?
The Koch brothers would not give the bonus AND fire the employee. (I wonder what they do on MLK Day?)