Are you better off alive in jail with no honor, or dead but honored?

The captain of the Costa Concordia didn’t stay aboard ship to supervise the evacuation as he is required to by law. He could get a dozen years in jail as a result.

It seems there was a lot of panic on the ship and no orderly evacuation by much of anyone, as they all fought to get on a lifeboat. Understandable. A lot of fear.

Would you have done what the captain did? Saved yourself as quickly as you could? Would you have been concerned about your honor or your job in that situation? Or would your only concern have been your life?