Could you kill someone if you had choice?

[Irony's Acolyte]

Well after a bit of thinking I would shot him. I doubt he would live even if I didn't shot him, so I'd rather at least have one person live (if the mastermind doesn't kill me anyway). Assuming a I'm let free, I'd try to find out all I can about the guy. Remember him and celebrate his life as a apology for killing him. Then I'd try to figure out who the mastermind is and bring him down. Make sure that no one else is hurt in such a way every again by him.

 

[Jfswift]

I wouldn't shoot him.

 

[Flamezdudes]

Pah! You think I care about some strangers life when mine is on the line?

After this guy says this with a laugh i'd probably just shrug and say "Well, alright then." and shoot the guy.

However, if it was someone i knew i'm not entirely sure. It would depend on the person even then.

 

[cthulhumythos]

Heres the morality test. You have the gun, and you've been told to shoot a man, on his knees, in the back of his head- but if you dont, the unseen mastermind making you do it will shoot you with a rifle from afar. You dont know the victim, but would put the value of your own life above that of a stranger? you can't wait it out, either. Make your decisions in one minute, or someone is going to die... Whats your choice?

yeah, my survival instincts would justify it to my conscience.

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

My pragmatic side says I would, but my more moral side says I wouldn't.

 

[RandomHer0]

Already have, twice.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

If my own life is on the line, I could do it.

But would it have to be in a quick time event? And would my accent have to change randomly?

Spoiler: Mild Spoilers for Heavy Rain

I love how he turns Irish (or something) when he says "I'm a father, too!".

Spoiler: Kind of spoiler for Heavy Rain I guess.

I honestly couldn't do that... I sat there just staring at the screen and I ended up just backing down... that was too much for me.

And early on in the game when talking to his wife, she took on a Hispanic accent for one line and then it was back to normal. It was bizarre.

 

[Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon]

Nope, I would rather die then have blood on my hands.

 

[Lord Honk]

I was quite shocked when my first thought was "Yeah, I would shoot", then thought about it a bit, and I stand by my first decision: I would probably rather kill than being killed, especially if I had the choice.

I don't like myself for it, but... well, that's what I am, obviously.

 

[Eijarel]

i'll tell the guy, hey i gonna shoot next to your ear, fall down as if you are dead and stay down.
(assuming i know where the sniper is at and i can angle it)

 

[Death God]

Well, I could never live with myself if I did so I'd try and randomly aim somewhere and attempt to shoot the mastermind. If I kill him, all the better. If I don't, then at least I went out fighting.

 

[HT_Black]

Depends on the location.

No, I'm serious. What I'd do depends entirely on where I'm standing at the moment.

 

[RabbidKuriboh]

Shoot the guy with the rifle?

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Just pull the trigger and don't think too much about it. Then find out who the guy was afterward and if he was a nice guy, go after the asshole who threatened me.

 

[ChaoticLegion]

Kill or be killed?

Natural selection at its most basic level. Yes, I would kill.

Precisely, anyone who says no to a kill or be killed scenario just failed evolution 101.

 

[Regular Guy]

Survival supersedes morality.

Sorry, random guy. You're getting a .45 caliber round in the brainstem.

 

[Lyx]

Heres the morality test. You have the gun, and you've been told to shoot a man, on his knees, in the back of his head- but if you dont, the unseen mastermind making you do it will shoot you with a rifle from afar. You dont know the victim, but would put the value of your own life above that of a stranger? you can't wait it out, either. Make your decisions in one minute, or someone is going to die... Whats your choice?

I would try to shoot the guy, who tries to make me me do something that i don't want to do (even if its unprobable that i'll survive).

Reason: I'd rather die than act against my own judgement. It has nothing to do with putting someone elses life over mine - it's plain and simply that i'd rather die integer, then live with a corrupted mind. Also noteworthy: "morality" never entered my thoughts - just resistance to self-denial.

P.S.: -- deleted the alternative that was here, because its impossible with the scenario given by the OP --

 

[LadyMint]

And how do I know that this unseen gunman won't shoot me after I shoot the person? For me, this isn't quite the same situation as your standard "kill or be killed." If me and this person are fighting, then all bets would definitely be off. But you're talking about one stranger ordering me to kill another or be killed myself. Again, I wouldn't know this person enough to be assured that I would make it out alive, and I'd honestly prefer to avoid having someone else's blood on my hands.

 

[SimuLord]

Absolutely. I blow his head off and like it, all while picturing that scene in the opening movie for Fallout 1 with the Canadian dissident.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

Well, I would, if I can't communicate with the mastermind or can't convince him to let me use a slower and more painful way...