Would you kill your friend to save 10 other people
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If I couldn't ever see the people I saved, and couldn't explain myself to anybody why I shot my friend, nope.
However, I wouldn't kill 10 random people to save my friend either.
However, I wouldn't kill 10 random people to save my friend either.
Usually by explaining your noble intentions and seeing a therapist and getting emotional support......none of which you could do in this scenario.brandon237 said:
Exactly, I do not hold that I am guilty of all teh good I did not do (well I do, but I figure I'll end up as a crazy murdering psychopath no matter what I do).Mr Cwtchy said:
So yeah, I hope for their sake's that heaven exists, because otherwise ten very unknown peple will be rathr idsappointed (or not, which is worse).
Pretty much. And you can't tell "bubba" your cell mate either. I would not need to think twice. My friend lives. My friends are ultra important to me, so I prefer them alive.danpascooch said:
Friend lives.
I think a better way of looking at this is to see how you would react towards the person if they killed their friend while you were one of the ten who would die.
Personally, I would question the person's mentality. As has been said, friends aren't simple things to find. The ability to kill that person for ten complete unknowns is worse than letting those ten unknowns.
That kind of choice would stem from the simple idea that 10>1, a very robotic mentality.
Then, of course you can bring in the entire religion aspect, but I'm not going to since I don't want a forum war.
I think a better way of looking at this is to see how you would react towards the person if they killed their friend while you were one of the ten who would die.
Personally, I would question the person's mentality. As has been said, friends aren't simple things to find. The ability to kill that person for ten complete unknowns is worse than letting those ten unknowns.
That kind of choice would stem from the simple idea that 10>1, a very robotic mentality.
Then, of course you can bring in the entire religion aspect, but I'm not going to since I don't want a forum war.
Very easy question.
You don't shoot your friend, that would make you a murderer. If some random asshole decides to kill 10 other people because of it, that's in no way your responsibility.
Shooting your friend results in you feeling guilty, losing a friend and being wanted for murder.
Not shooting your friend results in you keeping your friend and not feeling guilty (unless your stupid enough to think its somehow your fault) and the asshole who put you in the situation being wanted for murder... At which point you help the police track him down and beat the shit out of them.
You don't shoot your friend, that would make you a murderer. If some random asshole decides to kill 10 other people because of it, that's in no way your responsibility.
Shooting your friend results in you feeling guilty, losing a friend and being wanted for murder.
Not shooting your friend results in you keeping your friend and not feeling guilty (unless your stupid enough to think its somehow your fault) and the asshole who put you in the situation being wanted for murder... At which point you help the police track him down and beat the shit out of them.
That... is sad. Do you need interwebz hugz? They actually help, which I find odd.EHKOS said:
When you have a really good friend or three and you think about shooting them it just doesn't work. It is evil. I could never.
The question of the thread is not whether you would kill 10 people to save your friend, it is whether you would kill your friend to save 10 people.Fusionxl said:
Huge moral difference. The first implies that you commit an act of murder, 10 of them in fact. The second, the thread's question is that you do not prevent an act of murder by committing an act of murder yourself. Which, I should remind you, is both ethically and legally wrong.
If you wanna kill your friend to save 10 people, go sign him up for some military activity. Surely he can save the lives of 10 civilians/fellow soldiers across a lifelong military career?
You wanna kill your friend to save 10 people? Let's go back to my answer in the form of the House quote:
"If you don't think your life is worth more than someone else's, sign a donor card and kill yourself"
Let's see:
1) Heart
2) Liver (might be possible to use more than for just one transplant actually, considering a live person can donate)
3, 4) Lungs
5, 6) Kidneys
7) Bone marrow
Those are the ones I'm aware of, though wikipedia lists several more. Bit of work with looking up the right hospitals, finding out the best way to kill him while preserving all/most relevant organs and bam, there you go - congratulations on your moral standard of a 3 year old for not sacrificing the lives of all your friends to save dozens of people
One of my friends over 10 complete strangers, yeah i could cope with 10 strangers dieing and keeping my best friend
Of course I would let the ten others die. For all I know "innocent" could mean anywhere between, a newborn baby and Adolf Hitler.
Dammit...I've been thinking about saying something along those lines in this thread for days and now you go and do it instead, serves me right for being indecisive. You forgot blood, that's vital, although more plentiful and people need skin grafts...um...intestines? Can you transplant those? Lose enough of your bowel and you die. Stomach is pretty vital...I'm just guessing now in a bid to seem clever because you got there first.Vrach said:You wanna kill your friend to save 10 people? Let's go back to my answer in the form of the House quote:
"If you don't think your life is worth more than someone else's, sign a donor card and kill yourself"
Let's see:
1) Heart
2) Liver (might be possible to use more than for just one transplant actually, considering a live person can donate)
3, 4) Lungs
5, 6) Kidneys
7) Bone marrow
Those are the ones I'm aware of, though wikipedia lists several more. Bit of work with looking up the right hospitals, finding out the best way to kill him while preserving all/most relevant organs and bam, there you go - congratulations on your moral standard of a 3 year old for not sacrificing the lives of all your friends to save dozens of people
My moral voise would say "Do it" but i would not be able to do it... But the other way around wouldent i either.... Im just pathetic.. T_T