Morality Question

[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 : /

 

[Dmatix]

I don't know. Hopefully I would have refused, but then again, maybe I wouldn't have.

 

[MikeOfThunder]

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

Brilliant, i honestly thought that he would of went for the key though... I was thinking about it before the end of the film and i came to the concluesion that if someone that powerful can pull you from your ordinary life to a room, without you realising... then that someone could very well be that devil everyone talks about.

Only temptation i would of had with it all, is whether or not i reakon that £10mil could of been spent on saving more lives then just one. However i think in the end i would have picked the key, best not to interfere, after all its not my choice to choose who lives and dies... (Thats the choice i made before i saw the ending...)

Superb film!

 

[Jurassic Rob]

No, the risk out wieghs the benefit

 

[DisturbiaWolf13]

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

I personally don't think this is as illustrative of a personality as people tend to think, as teenagers/immature adults tend to say "Hellz yeah bro I am superhardcore life means nothing to me" regardless of other factors.

no it is not a ''would you kill for money'' question.in the scenario you dont know if there is anybody or anything on the other side of the door.

 

[Aerodynamic]

No, my conscious would be all over that

 

[Cliff_m85]

I remember my English teacher asked me this question when I was in ninth grade, and ever since then I have been very interested in people's opinions. Let's say you are in a room connected to a separate room by a single door. A gun has been set up and rigged so that it will fire through the door hitting, if anything, whatever is on the other side. You have no idea what's on the other side of the door, but a man offers you $1 million to pull the trigger. Would you do it?

Yes, because my actions are not morally degradational. I am carrying out an event that the person set up with his understanding of what is on the other side of the door. He is really pulling the trigger, since he is paying me to do so.

 

[Flushfacker]

I remember my English teacher asked me this question when I was in ninth grade, and ever since then I have been very interested in people's opinions. Let's say you are in a room connected to a separate room by a single door. A gun has been set up and rigged so that it will fire through the door hitting, if anything, whatever is on the other side. You have no idea what's on the other side of the door, but a man offers you $1 million to pull the trigger. Would you do it?

I have one question, once I have pulled the trigger, do I have the choice to find out what is behind the door or not. Am I not given that option, and if so which option is forced upon me? If I dont have to know, I pull the trigger no worries. Ignorance is bliss.

 

[bob-2000]

no, of course not. I wouldn't risk someone's life for any amount of money.

 

[Gerazzi]

No, there's a trick. There's always a trick

weren't you banned, like, twice???

Not that I'm complaining or anything I just think it's weird.

Yes, but before I do that I'd yell through the door for everyone to get away from the freaking gun.

 

[darkless]

What if there where medics on hand, I could take the bullet open the door and get the money.

 

[lwm3398]

Oh my... This doesn't seem like a moral question, it's just a fifty-fifty try your luck. But would I? Is the man in a suit with greasy black hair? If so, no. If he's just your average Joe Schmoe, yeah. If he's a business man, NO! So basically, it depends. More often than not, yes.

 

[Silver]

no, of course not. I wouldn't risk someone's life for any amount of money.

But how many lives could you save with that money? People die every day from starvation, from disease, from cold, heat, problems that could easily be solved, you could improve the living conditions of thousands of people directly, and in the long run, by improving infrastructure, schools and the like, for many, many more, since those people could in turn help others.

I honestly don't know. If it was the case of the black button, it would be much easier. I'd ask more questions, I'd realise what had happened (it was pretty obvious), and I'd press the button if I could make sure the money was put to good use. Needs of the many and all that. After being told I was condemned to hell for it, I'd go willingly and with a smile on my face, knowing my sacrifice led to a better world, and not only my individual salvation.

 

[Fallingwater]

Most likely no. I couldn't live with myself if I came to know I killed an innocent person. It might come out that there's an evil SOB on the other side that deserves the shot, in which case I wouldn't lose a second of sleep over it, but if I can't know beforehand who's there then I wouldn't take the risk.