Morality Question
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Yeah, but then you find out he was your father, and the other side of the door hid a great big family reunion. With pie.Rolling Thunder said:
Um.. no if I could aim the gun myself I could then aim high enough to ensure I hit nothing but the ceiling or a giant but since it's it's fixed and since the offer is so high logically there's something I'd most likely rather not shoot on the other side.
Edit: Actually I'd probably just presume him to be a psychotic billionaire and try to bludgeon him to death with the briefcase so as to end his depraved mind game.
Edit2: Wait what caliber gun are we talking here? Is it only just big enough to breach the door and kill something? If so I'd put my leg in front of it. Yes I'd shoot myself in the leg for one million dollars if nothing else it should slow the bullet down enough to not kill whomever may be on the other side.
Edit3:This is way off topic, I know but try to imagine how epic "Black Button" would have been if they had got Malcolm McDowell to play the guy in the chair.
I'd ask if I could keep the key as it's a very pretty key as a memento of such a bizarre occasion. Although he does miss some of the obvious questions such as "Have you done this before?" "If so how many times?" and "How do I leave if I push the button, do I still get the key anyways?"curlycrouton said:
Edit: Actually I'd probably just presume him to be a psychotic billionaire and try to bludgeon him to death with the briefcase so as to end his depraved mind game.
Edit2: Wait what caliber gun are we talking here? Is it only just big enough to breach the door and kill something? If so I'd put my leg in front of it. Yes I'd shoot myself in the leg for one million dollars if nothing else it should slow the bullet down enough to not kill whomever may be on the other side.
Edit3:This is way off topic, I know but try to imagine how epic "Black Button" would have been if they had got Malcolm McDowell to play the guy in the chair.
if (hypothetically) there was a person in the room, wouldnt they die anyway because if there was a way to get out the room, they wouldve used it already and if you dont shoot they will just die of starvation or whatever you die from being stuck in a room
as a test to see if you would do it? have you seen the ''wrong eye'' scene from saw?DuplicateValue said:
You have to assume something of value is on the other side of the door, otherwise he wouldn't be offering you $1,000,000 to pull the trigger. I'd be tempted at first but I'm not a risk taker so I'd decline.
Yes supposing i can't be prosecuted for anything supposing i kill someone, cause clearly the guy knows whats on the other side (even if theres nothing and he's just checkin). On the other hand i'm not a perfect example of a human being.Falcon123 said:
Try this on,
3 people are tied onto a train track, you can pull a lever to make a train change direction and only crash into one person, do you do it?
(my answer would be yes, doom the one to save the many)
The next is you're a surgeon and there are 3 cases of people needing seperate organs (heart, liver, etc) a man needing stiches (or something minor) goes into surgery, you can easily kill him to save three people, would you do it?
(despite a similar result you're killing this guy (and consenquently saving three), where as in the other you're saving three (and consenquently killing one))
PS: those aren't my favorite morality questions, but they're famous ones so i wanted to share. Maybe someones got a different opinion?
No, without question. The fact that he's offering me one million means that there probably is someone on the other side, and I'm what a lot of people on the internet would call a "wuss with morals." I wouldn't kill another person period, and the risk here is too high.
I... don't think it works like that...Moodels said:
I would not... the whole time while I was reading the OP's post... all I saw on the other side of the door was my mom.
TaborMallory had a good point, even if he/she does act like a little prick sometimes. The chances of it being someone you care about are slim... like winning the lottery, I believe he/she said. But this isn't an everyday situation. All logic is pretty much thrown out of the window on this one. Most of us, if not all of us will never even see HALF of a million dollars (unless one of you is secretly Bill Gates) let alone know or see someone else with a million dollars.
