Would you kill your friend to save 10 other people
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Let me quote Forrest Gump here for a second:
"Bubba was my best good friend, and even I know that ain't somethin you can find just around the corner."
No, I wouldn't. Best friends aren't something you come by very often. I would never give one up. Sorry if that makes me sound selfish, but that is how I look at it.
"Bubba was my best good friend, and even I know that ain't somethin you can find just around the corner."
No, I wouldn't. Best friends aren't something you come by very often. I would never give one up. Sorry if that makes me sound selfish, but that is how I look at it.
Who wouldnt if he could?U71L7Y_F0RMUL4 said:I'll tell you what instead of sacrificing yourself how about killing the person telling you to do it?Vhite said:If it was a good friend I would rather sacraficed myself if I could and if it were just someone who I know from school or someone like that then... sorry
If it was a good friend and I couldnt sacrafice myself then 10 poor bastards is going down.
I know I would.
I like to think of myself as a logically moral person, and would like to think that I would do this.
However, I know for an absolute fact that I would not.
However, I know for an absolute fact that I would not.
The problem is the "you don't know the 10 people AND you would have to actively kill your FRIEND to save them" isn't much of a choice. I would choose to save my friend any day.the stonker said:
If a thousand random people died, then it becomes a problem. But I am still selfish and incapable of pulling the trigger. And that is still a lot of people.
If it was "Shoot 10 people you don't know and your friend lives" it would be a serious moral dilemma. Because you are actively murdering the people, it adds a serious weight to choosing to save the one you know.
Just my thoughts, but if you become my friend, you are helping yourself survive.
No, 100x no.
10 random strangers are insignificant compared to the life of a friend. Hell, 10 strangers are pretty much insignificant in every single way, that same amount of people probably die of tea cosy related accidents annually.
10 random strangers are insignificant compared to the life of a friend. Hell, 10 strangers are pretty much insignificant in every single way, that same amount of people probably die of tea cosy related accidents annually.
Hmm... this is hard.
If I let my friend live, the 10 people could die, and their death would affect their family and friends, so you could affect 100 of people, and I don't think I can live with that on my conscious.
But on the other hand, if I kill my best friend, his family and friends will grief and blame me. I also wouldn't be able to make new friends because this question will always pop up in my mind. " If I get too close, what if it happens again?
So its a lose-lose situation. Damn it, whats with these moral questions all of a sudden?
If I let my friend live, the 10 people could die, and their death would affect their family and friends, so you could affect 100 of people, and I don't think I can live with that on my conscious.
But on the other hand, if I kill my best friend, his family and friends will grief and blame me. I also wouldn't be able to make new friends because this question will always pop up in my mind. " If I get too close, what if it happens again?
So its a lose-lose situation. Damn it, whats with these moral questions all of a sudden?
Yeah, friends don't mean much to me and I believe in the kill one save a thousand(or in this case 10) mentality. Opportunity cost are heavy but I'd feel a lot worse about letting 10 people with their own families and their own friends die in place of my one, it seems kind of selfish.
Kill them all. Then again, my friends are little in number so perhaps I shouldn't kill my best friend.