Only if it kills people who whinge about others not using the search bar.
But seriously, HELL NO! Could you honestly kill a person? What if they said, "Whoops. The button didnt work. Here's the person and a gun. Oh dont worry, just close your eyes." Would you still do it? Cause it's exactly the same.
But the problem with that is that you're setting yourself up as a reasonable judge of the worth of a human life; maybe even worse, you're claiming that you have the right to make the decision for someone else whether they're going to sacrifice their own life for the greater good. Who are you to make that decision for someone else, complete stranger or otherwise? Plus, what if the person you kill is a pedophile who also happens to be on the verge of discovering a cure for cancer? So you killed one "evil" person to save hundreds, but that person could have saved millions.* Christ, I'd go insane trying to wrap my head around that, to say nothing of the fact that I don't think you can put a dollar value on a human life no matter what the circumstances are.
Anyway, I dunno how the movie ends, but the Twilight Zone episode ends with
them pushing the button, then finding out that they're going to be the ones to die if the next person pushes the button. Better spend that million fast.
So again, since I know how the story ends, just fucking hell no.
*Note: I'm not defending pedophilia, before anyone says it.
Fuck. I figured so much when I was halfway through my answer, after having read it properly again, but then I was so proud of my intelligent answer, I wanted to continue
BTW this looks like the dumbest movie ever, just a tip studios, slightly intriguing "nature of mankind" scenarios do NOT make good full length movies, remember how bad that movie with the "killwithme" website was? (can't remember the name)
anyway, I would not push it, I wouldn't be able to live with myself
plus, 1 million isn't nearly as much money as it used to be, I would however do it for 10 million, because properly applied, you could save a hell of a lot more lives than 1 for the cost of one man's life
But the problem with that is that you're setting yourself up as a reasonable judge of the worth of a human life; maybe even worse, you're claiming that you have the right to make the decision for someone else whether they're going to sacrifice their own life for the greater good. Who are you to make that decision for someone else, complete stranger or otherwise? Plus, what if the person you kill is a pedophile who also happens to be on the verge of discovering a cure for cancer? So you killed one "evil" person to save hundreds, but that person could have saved millions.* Christ, I'd go insane trying to wrap my head around that, to say nothing of the fact that I don't think you can put a dollar value on a human life no matter what the circumstances are.
Anyway, I dunno how the movie ends, but the Twilight Zone episode ends with
them pushing the button, then finding out that they're going to be the ones to die if the next person pushes the button. Better spend that million fast.
So again, since I know how the story ends, just fucking hell no.
*Note: I'm not defending pedophilia, before anyone says it.
You are right that we cannot judge the worth of relative lives, which is why I would not do it for 1 million, because (1 million not being as much money as it used to be) I could save maybe 20 lives, and who knows, that 1 guy might have saved more, BUT if it was around 10 million, I would do it, because I could be reasonably sure that I would have made a positive difference if I properly applied the money
No way. I'd rather not have the guilty conscience...plus I'm a pacifist, I don't do stuff like that. Plus I'd go a step further and destroy the button. Who's to say the next person to press it won't kill you?
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