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Old 09-16-2006, 08:13 PM
BDub1 BDub1 is offline
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Default Would you save 10 million people?

Here is the conundrum: You have the ability to save 10 miilion people by giving up your own in that pursuit. The catch is no one will ever know it. Would you do it?

The second choice is, given the same set circumstances, would you still save them if it meant giving up your own life, and going down in history as being a mass murderer and traitor?
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Old 09-16-2006, 08:15 PM
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Default Re: Would you save 10 million people?

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Here is the conundrum: You have the ability to save 10 miilion people by giving up your own in that pursuit. The catch is no one will ever know it. Would you do it?

The second choice is, given the same set circumstances, would you still save them if it meant giving up your own life, and going down in history as being a mass murderer and traitor?

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Old 09-16-2006, 08:18 PM
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Default Re: Would you save 10 million people?

hmmmm quite the conundrum...

yes, yes.
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Old 09-16-2006, 08:22 PM
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Default Re: Would you save 10 million people?

no and no, what if one of those 10 million people turned out to be the next hitler and killed 20 million
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Old 09-16-2006, 08:26 PM
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Default Re: Would you save 10 million people?

What is the point of hypothetical questions like this one?
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Old 09-16-2006, 08:29 PM
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Default Re: Would you save 10 million people?

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What is the point of hypothetical questions like this one?

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Why do you want to know?
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Old 09-16-2006, 09:24 PM
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no and no, what if one of those 10 million people turned out to be the next hitler and killed 20 million

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this reasoning makes no sense - you could just as easily say 'what if one of these 10 million people cured AIDS and cancer' - we know nothing about these people so we have to disregard thinking like this.

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Old 09-16-2006, 09:25 PM
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Default Re: Would you save 10 million people?

As long as I didn't know them, why would I save 10 million people for any reason? The world's overpopulated as it is.
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Old 09-16-2006, 09:32 PM
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no and no, what if one of those 10 million people turned out to be the next hitler and killed 20 million

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I really hope this isn't a serious post.

Yes;Yes..it's not really that close. I don't care that much about how I'm remembered, and while I do care about my life, I don't see anything special enough about it to sacrifice 10 million people.
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Old 09-16-2006, 09:34 PM
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Default Re: Would you save 10 million people?

Also, this post belongs in the Math, Science, and Philosophy forum.
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