A question of scruples
MassiveDelta
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A man places a gun in your hand, and proceeds to conclusively prove that if you do not kill another innocent man (who he points out) in the next hour, that man will step in front of a bus which will then go over a bridge and kill 30 schoolchildren. What do you do?
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Can I give him the best screw of his life before I kill him?
That would even it out.0 -
Are you going to shoot him after?Can I give him the best screw of his life before I kill him?
That would even it out.0 -
A man places a gun in your hand, and proceeds to conclusively prove that if you do not kill another innocent man (who he points out) in the next hour, that man will step in front of a bus which will then go over a bridge and kill 30 schoolchildren. What do you do?
Tell him to kill that guy himself.0 -
I shoot him.0
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Dur, I would shot the guy who gave me the gun and I would not even let him finish whatever he was doing with Yukon Joy.0
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Tell him to kill that guy himself.
The children die0 -
wait for the bus and shoot the tires out....0
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Umm i would dress him up like a clown,tie him up and force him to watch steel magnolias over and over again0
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follow him for the next hour... wait... if he comes encouter with a bus within the last minute, shoot him before he has a chance to step infront of it... obviously, one innocent man is worth 30 innocent children.0
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The children die
No they don't. The man giving you the gun, is the same guy pointing out the guy that will stand in front of the bus. He already knows who that guy is. So he has the power to stop him. Tell him to kill the guy himself.0 -
What about "you may not kill" is confusing? I would, however, talk to the authorities about the crazy guy & what he's up to. And then, just to hedge my bets, I'd go to the bridge to see what I could do to make sure there was no crash or to help out if there was one.0
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follow him for the next hour... wait... if he comes encouter with a bus within the last minute, shoot him before he has a chance to step infront of it... obviously, one innocent man is worth 30 innocent children.
You are a horrible person. .... Im kidding
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follow him for the next hour... wait... if he comes encouter with a bus within the last minute, shoot him before he has a chance to step infront of it... obviously, one innocent man is worth 30 innocent children.0
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Yeah, I passed on that one...
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that may be ;-) but I just saved 30 innocent children, and obviously one mentally ill man!0 -
Yeah, I passed on that one...
Oh, does that mean we get a million dollars if we shoot the guy?0 -
This is not my idea of stimulating conversation...0
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Ok Whats your unscrupulous questionThis is not my idea of stimulating conversation...0 -
Fascinating.......I would try to confine them both until the authorities arrive. In theory.....But I would probably shoot the guy handing me the gun.
My husband said shoot the innocent man in the knee so he can't walk then kill the first guy.0 -
Fascinating.......I would try to confine them both until the authorities arrive. In theory.....But I would probably shoot the guy handing me the gun.
My husband said shoot the innocent man in the knee so he can't walk then kill the first guy.
Oooh good option!!0 -
I hate questions like this. Nobody knows what they would actually do until faced with the choice. Not only that, this argument is often used to justify things like killing doctors who perform abortions.0
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that may be ;-) but I just saved 30 innocent children, and obviously one mentally ill man!
Who says the guy is mentally ill? What if it's a pure accidental thing...it does say he's innocent. Stepping out in front of a bus loaded with children on accident could definitely cause the bus to swerve and crash, so I don't think there's any clear information that he means to do it.0 -
What kind of person would allow some stranger to put a gun in their hand, then stick around long enough (still holding the gun) for that man to *conclusively prove* the moral dilemma you've spelled out?A man places a gun in your hand, and proceeds to conclusively prove that if you do not kill another innocent man (who he points out) in the next hour, that man will step in front of a bus which will then go over a bridge and kill 30 schoolchildren. What do you do?
A. a crazy person
B. a really really bored person
C. a bored crazed person0 -
If I had a dollar for every time a guy has put his gun in my hand and tried to prove to me that I needed to do something with it...0
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If I had a dollar for every time a guy has put his gun in my hand and tried to prove to me that I needed to do something with it...
Amen Sister!!!0 -
new question0
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You are an inmate in a concentration camp. A sadistic guard is about to hang your son who tried to escape and wants you to pull the chair from underneath him. He says that if you don't he will not only kill your son but some other innocent inmate as well. You don't have any doubt that he means what he says. What should you do?0
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For the gun/bus/guy/kids scenario I would tell him no thank you. It's not my place to play God. Fate is fate!0
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I would get in a time machine, go back 500 years, find a magic fairy, rescue her brother from the evil frog king, and have him grant me 7 wishes, one of which would be that a troll eat the great-great-great-great-great Grandfather of the bus driver, so that there would be no bus with children on it for the guy to step in front of. Yep. That's what **I** would do.0
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Oooh good option!!
We'll go one step further...shoot them both in the knee then call the authorities...0
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