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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:19 AM Original message |
Morality question: Would you kill 67 people to save 68 lives? |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Utilitarianism doctrine says yes (nt). |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Yes, but it's ridiculously wrong. |
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ogradda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. i can't even bring myself to squish bugs |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Star Trek IV was better than Star Trek III |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. No. If 68 people are killed by someone/something other than me, I have... |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I like your answer. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. My ethics class at the University of Pittsburgh (one of the top 5 in phil) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. ok you asked a question that for me is not that light |
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erniesam (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. is this like asking, would you kill 67 Iraqis to save 68 americans? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. Actively kill, or let die? (nt) |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. Can I kill 68 to save 1 life? |
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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. Why are you people replying seriously to this thread? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 01:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Sorry this is not theory to me, but practice |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
13. No I could not. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
14. Only if the 67 were about to murder the 68. n/t |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. If The 67 Were Pissing Me Off, Yes |
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dr.strangelove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
16. No |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. No |
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Metatron (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
18. Could I ask the 68 their political affiliation before I decided? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-04 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. No... |
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