under the right circumstances yes i could.
to protect a loved one, myself or anything else dear to me.
to protect a loved one, myself or anything else dear to me.
Could you kill a person?
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To me it's all about context. Thats one of the ways the legal system fails to be moral in my opinion.
So yes I most like could if that was the only reasonable option. But you never know right?
So yes I most like could if that was the only reasonable option. But you never know right?
Yep, easily. I could shoot somebody no problem as long as I have a reason why.
But anything messier than that, like stabbing or bludgeoning, I'd have a problem with.
But anything messier than that, like stabbing or bludgeoning, I'd have a problem with.
well, I can probably force myself to do it, but I think killing is making things too easy/don't do justice to whatever said person has done in his/her life. And then there's also the problem with hiding the body, etc..
so, killing in itself is highly impractical, but still doable.
so, killing in itself is highly impractical, but still doable.
Completely Agree, only in defense of myself or someone I care about.Grouchy Imp said:
Though In military service I would also, thinking of joining up.
I've taken a psychopathy test, I scored slightly above average, but not enough to be classified as a psychopath. I don't compulsively lie, and I feel empathy for people I care about whereas psychopaths don't.Arcane Azmadi said:
I simply stated that if I were presented with a stranger, instructed to kill them and reassured there would be no legal ramifications, I would.
If myself or another innocent life was threatened, then absolutely. Don't think it would bother me much either in that kind of situation.
Including mine.Dawn Patrol said:
Out of billions of sperm I was the fastest... That time.
There's nothing special about that. 6 billion others were the fastest as well. Where exactly does the mere act of being alive make me valuable?
If I don't contribute I'm a burden on the world. And personally I have no problem with that, but I can at least admit it. I can at least see that my life does nothing but put yet another drain on an already struggling society.
There's nothing wrong with that, but that's the way it is.
Have I contributed to furthering mankinds understanding of the universe, like Einstein, Witten, Kaku, Tyson, Galileo? No, I have not.
Have I contributed to making trade and traveling safer or more effecient, like Karl Benz, the Wright brothers, Watt? No, I have not.
Have I contributed to furthering or improving scientific discovery, like Tesla, Newton, Linné? No, not that either.
Have I contributed to the furthering of culture by creating art or music, like DaVinci, Mozart, or Bob Marley? Not yet anyway.
So how exactly is a random human's life any more valuable than that of your common cow? At least that produces milk and gets slaughtered for food.
Because human beings have higher thought, memories and emotions and a much much greater capacity to appreciate life than a cow, and every (or almost every) human being has a number of people close to them who will be in terrible pain for a long time if they die, particularly if they are killed by another person.kinapuffar said:
Are we seriously meant to believe you're a sociopath? You sound like you're putting it on to be edgy and controversial.
Anyway, I am pretty sure I *could* kill someone, as in am capable of it. I think the only circumstances where I *would* would be if I had to for my own survival or, I hope, for the survival of people close to me.
Argh. Not this again. Didn't we just have this?deserteagleeye said:
... wait ...
Dude, what?
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.257862-Things-You-Might-Incorrectly-Believe-About-Guns
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