yeah, I'd do it. A million dollars is a lot of money and I doubt that there would be anything important on the other side.
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Without additional information, no. I have no way of knowing what possible harm to myself, my friends/family, my country or human society I might do upon pulling that trigger. Perhaps bound on the other side of the door is the next Marie Curie, Bethoven or Pascal. Perhaps my mother or father is there.Falcon123 said:
Without knowing anything else, I cannot evaluate the possible harm or good of my actions, either to myself or to society at large. So the possible bad outweighs the certain reward, in my mind. Society might benefit from me pulling the trigger or it might not, I do not know. Society will not benefit from me having the reward money. The safest and most moral course of action is therefore to eliminate all the possibility of a bad result to many, while eliminating the reward to only me as a tradeoff. In action, to not pull the trigger. In this manner, no good or evil is done until more information of the situation becomes available, whereupon a new judgement could be made.
Even if it was a person, would they die? Say the bullet only hits their arm.
If the person in question lives, hell no. If it were a family member, I might have to explain the circumstances, and they'd distrust me for life.
If they died instantly, same answer. I wouldn't kill for money.
If the person in question lives, hell no. If it were a family member, I might have to explain the circumstances, and they'd distrust me for life.
If they died instantly, same answer. I wouldn't kill for money.
Would not want to kill someone but then again $1 million would come in handy. Pull the trigger and pray i do not hit anybody
Sure, ill pull the trigger. Hell, i would probably pull it just to see what was on the other side. that, and if there is a human in the other room, he has most likely told them the exact same thing, so i have no qualms. if it isnt a human on the other side, oh well. no problems whatsoever. call me evil and revile me if you want, i dont care. he asked for what i would do and i told him.
says the man who has a puppy being shot at as an avatar.DN83 said:
(yes, i know that is from FMA)
No, no, no; I know how this ends. This is like that episode of the '80's Twilight Zone where a couple gets this box and is told that pressing a button on it will give them $1 million but also kill someone. The guy who gives it to them assures the couple that the victim will be no one they know.
Naturally, the button eventually gets pressed, and the next morning, the stranger who gave them the box comes back with the promised million. He also takes back the box. Out of curiosity, the couple asks what'll happen to the box next, and the stranger replies
The guy who wrote Donnie Darko is making this into a feature-length movie, but I don't know how he's going to expand the premise to the 90-minute mark.
Naturally, the button eventually gets pressed, and the next morning, the stranger who gave them the box comes back with the promised million. He also takes back the box. Out of curiosity, the couple asks what'll happen to the box next, and the stranger replies
that it'll be reprogrammed and given to another couple under the same terms. His final words: "I assure you that it will be offered to no one you know."
The guy who wrote Donnie Darko is making this into a feature-length movie, but I don't know how he's going to expand the premise to the 90-minute mark.
No, mainly because I know what I would do which is either put a tiger on the other side or put someone I want killed on the other side. However, depending on how I got there I could say I was being held there against my will and was forced to pull the trigger. Basically, the only thing stopping me from pulling the trigger is the negative consequences directly towards me. I couldn't care less what or who I shot.
good callCorkydog said:
