Morality Question

[Golden Gryphon]

I might do it. I'd need a better reason than just 'here's a million dollars' though. Why is it so important that I fire the gun?

 

[magicmonkeybars]

sure why not ?

 

[ZSF]

I would pull the shit out of that trigger.

 

[Connor Lonske]

Never, and if the person in the other room has the same deal than no.

 

[LewsTherin]

No, Murder isn't worth it.

 

[Pinguin]

To my mind that's nowhere near enough information to make a moral decision. Who is this person? How did we get in this situation? Where are these rooms? Is there any indication of what's beyond the door (sounds, smells?)

Not a very good question really.

 

[Rawker]

Reminds me of the superb short film "The Black Button".

they are making a full-length movie like this.

 

[ohellynot]

Sure I would. I could just blame him if it ended up me murdering someone, and still keep the 1 million.

likewise, i suppose most 9 th graders wouldn't think of that, unless they were very bad peeps

 

[WayOutThere]

fuck no I wouldn't do it

 

[spuddyt]

Basically this question is "Would you kill for money?"

Actually, this is a question of: would you kill for money, if you didn't have to bear responsibility. To which my answer is yes.

 

[XenthenK]

No, because, if this man is paying me to do this, chances are he wants someone/something eliminated without his own hands even getting the slightest bit dirty, and I can't support whatever he might have been involved in.

 

[Davey Woo]

I'd either not do it. Or I'd do it instantly, without a second thought, and cast the thought from my mind, hopefully forever, (difficult I know) so long as I didn't have to find out who or what I'd killed on the other side.

 

[Nmil-ek]

No too high a risk factor for too little payoff, a million ain't alot of money anymore maybe 20+ years of comfortable living? but if that number goes up by another digit then without thinking.

 

[Sanguinius- The Angel]

Uh, hell yes I would. That's a million dollars. Fuck dem bitches.

 

[MightyMouse]

If you're willing to do that much for money then there are easier ways to make much more with fewer moral and legal issues. Not only would I not do it, but the whole thing's a bad deal. I mean, Faust got 3 big wishes, and you're willing to do this for a million dollars?

 

[Aunel]

if it was true that you get a million dollars, and there was nothing behind the door, or a suicidal person, maybe (and there would be no repercussions)

if the moment you fire the gun, the guy calls the police and charges you for murder, yeah, than I won't

but if I would not know anything about anything in that situation. I would think long and hard about it.

 

[Andalusa]

Of course not, like other people have said... what if there's a person on the other side?

 

[bigorexia]

You know it could be said that the outcome for this event would already be determined by your desires and the action of the natural world on your person. Knowing that morality becomes a non issue because you wouldn't actually have a choice in the matter might make this question mute.

Thats if you think the evidence of hard determinism has more merit then the other main schools of thought on free will.

 

[Magnatek]

I'd remove the gun from wherever it's set up, and, if the man offering the $1 million is in the same room as me, I'd knock him unconscious with the butt of the gun and escape. The money is of no importance.

 

[Fraeir]

I wouldn't, since noone has yet said this possibility:
The guy got money, we know that, but who is to say he's not beyond killing -you-?
The moment you blast the door away, and the debris lifts away, you could be staring down a gun barrel yourself, or even more awesome, a tank barrel.. 8D

You don't kill anyone, he keeps his money... both wins, except the fact that... you die : /