Honesty and optimism do not strictly exist separately. It just means you don't believe in people, or you place too much demand on how far one person's contributions must reach before they're considered worthwhile. Assuming there aren't a large number of people asking morality-based questions via text on this network, I think you've previously already let me know which one it is.
Leaving that aside, then, my best guess would be that one might save them out of empathy. In the reversed situation, they would want that help.
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Leaving that aside, then, my best guess would be that one might save them out of empathy. In the reversed situation, they would want that help.