Deep Philosophical Question #1: Would you kill him?

[ShAiOnEi]

Re: Deep Philosophical Question #1: Would you kill him?

That guys is ****ing stupid kill him he would probably kill himself knowing how stupid he is. Seriously this discussion is bull**** I could come up with any kind of situation that's entirely out of context. Lets think realistically here what are the chances of someone this stupid doing this?

[Red_Comet]

Re: Deep Philosophical Question #1: Would you kill him?

it seems to me that you are a guest at his house because you are so far away from the plant as it's not stated, that there should ALWAYS be a person at the plant to make sure something like THIS doesn't happen. thus making this a truly hypothetical situation. So it won't matter as to the outcome, thus you could let it meltdown as modern nuclear powerplants have something called a sarcophagus to prevent any nuclear radiation from escaping.

So I'd just sit back and have my tea in hand that the kind man gave me when he invited me over to oversea his little project of fireworks end of that.

[devonin]

Re: Deep Philosophical Question #1: Would you kill him?

Utilitarians would kill 1 person to save 100
Kantians would not kill anybody

Most people tend towards being utilitarians, as evidenced by this thread.

Kilroy_X (He needs to come back to the forum) would suggest that you simply don't do anything and aren't to blame for any of the consequences.

[jellygod]

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i wouldnt do anything, people die everyday. How is it my responsibility to stop it? As devonin said, id probably be like kilroy and just be like "eh whatever i'm going home"

[shad0wlord]

Re: Deep Philosophical Question #1: Would you kill him?

I wouldn't kill him.

If I don't kill him, I'm not effected.

If I do kill him, Theres the threat of being caught and arrested.

Personally I wouldn't want to risk my own well-being.

[Breakdown16]

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I was almost about to say "Sacrifice one for a hundred" until I read the above three posts. Reconsidering, trying to help would probably land me in a mountain of trouble, so maybe it would be in my best interest to do nothing.

[MrRubix]

Re: Deep Philosophical Question #1: Would you kill him?

I would shoot him with a tranq.

Then collect the reward likely offered for catching the dude.

Maximal utility for me.

[funmonkey54]

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Considering we live in a world where political correctness is on a rampage and anyone can sue for anything, I would leave the situation alone. In some way, I could politically cause someone else pain in this or save the life of a depressed person who didn't want to be saved. So, in fairness to those ever increasing circumstantial occurrences, I would leave the situation alone and, to my dismay, witness the death of all those people.

[devonin]

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If he were clearly intending to maliciously bring about the deaths of 100 people (as in the hastily edited second example) you have a totally different kind of situation than someone accidentally through ignorance or folly allowing the deaths of 100 people.

IE. In the crazy person with the bomb example, you aren't weighing the lives of 1 innocent against 100 innocents, but 1 clearly guilty person against 100 innocents.

[GG_Guru]

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I would let him live, until his death, then allow him to suffer in hell for eternity.

But thats just me of course.

Edit: Sike just playing I'd definitely kill him.

[devonin]

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I get the impression that some of the people who would kill the man are doing so because they want to kill someone, not because they want to save lives.

[MooMoo_Cowfreak]

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I would want to kill the innocent person, but I seriously doubt I could. I have no idea how I would handle a situation like that. I'm thinking I would hand my gun to the nearest person and have them shoot, unless for some reason I brought up the will to kill him.

[funmonkey54]

Re: Deep Philosophical Question #1: Would you kill him?

If he were clearly intending to maliciously bring about the deaths of 100 people (as in the hastily edited second example) you have a totally different kind of situation than someone accidentally through ignorance or folly allowing the deaths of 100 people.

IE. In the crazy person with the bomb example, you aren't weighing the lives of 1 innocent against 100 innocents, but 1 clearly guilty person against 100 innocents.

oh. My answer was in reference to the first situation.

In the bomb situation, I would like this question answered. Why can I not just shoot the man wearing the bomb? He cannot kill the people if he is dead and unable to trigger the bomb. And what is to say that killing the innocent person will ACTUALLY stop him? He could very easily turn around and trigger the bomb anyways. Killing him would, in theory, eliminate that as a possibility.

[Grandiagod]

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i'd stand back and laugh

[rzr]

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It really depends. I mean, if someone I knew was in the 100 people, I'd stop it (depending on who it was, lol). But, I have no heart, so I would probably let it happen. Or maybe kill the guy just for the sake of killing someone. ut, if it affected me in any way, I would stop it from happening. You get that?