Ethical question

[plornive]

Re: Re: Re: Ethical question

At least you're honest. There's no way I could choose my child. But that would suck to die a horrifying death.

I can understand dying for one's child. That, to me, is noble. Dying for anyone else seems masochistic. Then again, I relate a lot of things to sadism and masochism.

 

[ajtomasi]

even if they killed you slowly the shock would knock you out or make you numb to any pain.

But if you did let them kill you, what will they do to the person closest to you? How do you know they won't kill or anally rape them?

 

[hellboy]

I'd kill them.

 

[gonelifting]

If I`m going to die, AND IT WOULD BE ME, I`m taking one or two fuckers with me. At least I`ll die trying. BASTARDS. I`m fuckin PISSED just thinking about it. FUCK

 

[Lumberg]

This is a very good question. They would have to read my mind to see who was most important to me though because even I don't know.

I don't have kids so I'm with plornive on this one. Fuck dying.

I had this conversation with my friends one day only much more watered down. I have this theory that I have to be happy in order to make other people happy. The easiest way to make other people happy is to be happy yourself and have a smile on your face. SO there is no point in subordinating my happiness to the happiness of others, especially if I don't know them.

SO anyway I asked my friend, if you had a choice between delivering a punch to a completely random stranger, or being punched yourself, which would you choose? He and my other friend both responded with "I would choose to be punched." I think that's crazy. Moreover, they think I am crazy because I would choose to punch.

I am a known quantity. I know I am a good person and have the ability to spread happiness. The stranger is an unknown quantity. I think that there is no way of knowing for sure but overall what is best for the world is to punch the stranger. To decide to be punched shows a level of self-loathing that I do not understand. It's almost like you are selling yourself short.

Does this make sense? plornive?

 

[Imakarum_Mirabilis]

I'd need to know what would happen to the other person after I chose death.

 

[danielson]

i;d save the 1 million people

 

[biteme]

Here's a tough one that I've posted b4.

You have the choice of saving 1 million people from death or 1 loved one. Once again, for me, if it's my daughter, 1 million people will have to die.

 

[Code]

Here's a tough one that I've posted b4.

You have the choice of saving 1 million people from death or 1 loved one. Once again, for me, if it's my daughter, 1 million people will have to die.

Save the loved one. There's only one "loved on" for me, my daughter.

 

[from zero]

Here's a tough one that I've posted b4.

You have the choice of saving 1 million people from death or 1 loved one. Once again, for me, if it's my daughter, 1 million people will have to die.

Save the loved one.