What causes us not to kill?

[Zallest]

I'd only ever want to kill 2 people and never feel and remorse.

Paris Hilton and Tom Cruise.

 

[Calobi]

I wouldn't kill anyone, even if there were absolutely no repercussions not because I think it's absolutely morally wrong (there are times where I feel murder is the moral choice), but for the same reason as why I don't do it now: I'm lazy. Murder is hard work. First there's the planning, then the stalking, some additional planning, gathering the equipment, catching the victim, incapacitating them, then the murder; which still leaves the body and evidence to dispose of. Even a random murder you need to find someone and have a weapon handy. I don't think anyone is really that much of my time.

 

[Ionami]

Killing is Bad and Wrong, there should be a separate word for killing like Badwrong or Badong, yes, killing is Badong.

(mega cookie to anyone who gets the reference)

Good ol' Steve Oedekerk

As for myself, I would never take another human life for any reason, simply because I wouldn't be able to live with myself afterwards. That's it.

 

[asinann]

The only thing stopping me from killing people is the threat of prison rape, so if I could get away with it there would be a lot of dead people around me.

 

[Xvito]

Laws...damn them.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

There is currently a girl sitting next to me texting her friend and chomping carrots in a dead quiet classroom when, A. She's not even supposed to have food in the computer lab. B. She's not even in this class, only came in to do some "work," and C. is also constantly talking past me to her friend on the other side of the room.

In other words, without laws there are some people who I might just feel like a hero for offing in a painless, non-gruesome way. But maybe that's just my annoyance in my current situation talking.

 

[Evilbunny]

Interesting question. Plato once wrote a story about a man who happens across a ring that turns him invisible, and he went on to become the most evil ************ who ever lived because there were no repercussions for his actions. The point of the story is that every human would be evil if given the chance for no repercussions but I don't believe that. Most human beings are not monsters. They might have some desire to do evil because they've been forced to be good their whole lives but deep down they don't want to. I think that most people might kill once to see what it's like but become so disgusted with themselves afterward they wouldn't do it again. I for one wouldn't kill anyone even if I knew I wouldn't get caught.