To Attempt or Not to Attempt?

     Moral luck is the belief that we are not to be held responsible for our actions, whether good or bad, because the things we accomplish in life are simply the results of our luck, and essentially have little to nothing to do with our own conscious decisions. An example of this belief would be if I was walking down the street, and the person near me went into cardiac arrest. It is simply by chance, or luck, for both myself and the person in need that I am not a medic or a doctor. I do have some emergency medical training, and so, should I attempt to help the person in need, it will be largely by luck if I save them. If that was the case, I would not have been deserving of praise because it was not my actions that saved the person, it was luck. If I had failed to save them, it would not have been my fault, but simply bad luck.
     I do not believe that moral luck is a serious issue. While luck may play a role in our lives, maybe even a big one, it is largely our decisions and our actions that put us in the certain situations where luck may or may not have an effect. If I had decided not to attempt to save the person in need, I was consciously denying that person a chance to live. If I tried, I would have at least been giving them a chance, even if it was a small chance. And if I had succeeded, it was my decision that gave them that chance, and ultimately saved them.