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A Million Dollars or....
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Agent Dark	Mar 10 2017, 01:57 AM Post #16
Posts: 142 Group: Member Member #13,539 Joined: September 28, 2016 Gender Male Country Canada Favourite Anime Dragonball Z What Browser do you use? Chrome	EMIYA Mar 10 2017, 01:54 AM Let's say you had a terminal illness and you were going to die in a few days. Would you be willing to exchange your death with that of another (and for argument sake let's say its somebody you care about) It's easy enough to say no to something if the risk isn't high enough. But what if the risk of not doing it was your own life? Would you still be able to hold on to the moral high ground and accept your fate or would you give into temptation and sacrifice another so you could live? I still wouldn't. Besides the guilt would be too much to live with.



+ Steve	Mar 10 2017, 02:24 AM Post #17
Greetings. I will be your waifu this season. Posts: 19,471 Group: Legend Member #5,710 Joined: February 7, 2011 Gender Male Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime Hunter x Hunter(2011) What Browser do you use? Mozilla Firefox Favourite Manga Berserk all day erry day	Ah, I'm used to the randomness of it and read it as "it could be someone you know" I'd probably still heavily consider it were it a larger sum. I know thousands of people depending on how you define "know" like someone I remember from primary school, maybe they wouldn't count. And of the people I know there's like 15 at best who are even slightly involved in my life in any capacity, so still good odds. If it was 100 mil I'd gladly pay the coward card of getting surgery to extend my life, any crazy comic book style experiment, screw it.
	Definitely not a succubus, fear not


PocketGod	Mar 10 2017, 02:27 AM Post #18
Posts: 1,668 Group: Member Member #12,574 Joined: August 22, 2015 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime Yowamushi Pedal What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Berserk	While it might have seen like I was joking, I really wasn't. I know well over a hundred people and that's not even counting random people I've seen or online people (if they count for this) and I can honestly say there are only 3 people at most I truly care about. The odds of actually losing one of them is pretty damn low so yeah, I'll take the money and not feel bad afterwards. As for the curing sickness thing, no I wouldn't take the deal since I'd lose someone I actually care about. Edited by PocketGod, Mar 10 2017, 02:28 AM.
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Agent Dark	Mar 10 2017, 03:34 AM Post #19
Posts: 142 Group: Member Member #13,539 Joined: September 28, 2016 Gender Male Country Canada Favourite Anime Dragonball Z What Browser do you use? Chrome	Even if it's not someone you know, wouldn't you guys feel bad taking a life for money?



PocketGod	Mar 10 2017, 03:40 AM Post #20
Posts: 1,668 Group: Member Member #12,574 Joined: August 22, 2015 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime Yowamushi Pedal What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Berserk	Not particularly.
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* Yu Narukami	Mar 10 2017, 03:52 AM Post #21
Izanagi! Posts: 12,330 Group: Retired Staff Member #6,446 Joined: July 3, 2011 Gender Not Specified Country None	EMIYA Mar 10 2017, 01:54 AM It's easy enough to say no in such a situation both on a moral ground and the fact that, most of are on a good enough income I think that we don't need the risk. That's easy I think so if you don't mind, let me add something to the conversation that might tweak things up a bit. Everyone is saying "no" an those who aren't are obviously just kidding and for good reason really. A million dollars while enticing in terms of numbers usually isn't necessary and not for the life of another. More so if its somebody you knew. However what if the "million dollars" was changed to something a bit more severe. Let's say you had a terminal illness and you were going to die in a few days. Would you be willing to exchange your death with that of another (and for argument sake let's say its somebody you care about) It's easy enough to say no to something if the risk isn't high enough. But what if the risk of not doing it was your own life? Would you still be able to hold on to the moral high ground and accept your fate or would you give into temptation and sacrifice another so you could live? That's where empathy comes in. If you're in a situation where you're desperate enough to kill someone else by passing that illness onto them, you're comfortable putting that other person in the exact same situation. That just makes you even worse, as you understand exactly what it feels like, but still doomed somebody else to it, somebody you care about.



+ Pyrus	Mar 10 2017, 03:59 AM Post #22
Posts: 39,342 Group: Legend Member #5,088 Joined: August 1, 2010 Gender Not Specified Country Chile	Agent Dark Mar 10 2017, 03:34 AM Even if it's not someone you know, wouldn't you guys feel bad taking a life for money? I can't say for sure. It's similar to me doing anything that might affect someone else's life, but I can't save everyone.
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* Yu Narukami	Mar 10 2017, 04:04 AM Post #23
Izanagi! Posts: 12,330 Group: Retired Staff Member #6,446 Joined: July 3, 2011 Gender Not Specified Country None	Pyrus Mar 10 2017, 03:59 AM Agent Dark Mar 10 2017, 03:34 AM Even if it's not someone you know, wouldn't you guys feel bad taking a life for money? I can't say for sure. It's similar to me doing anything that might affect someone else's life, but I can't save everyone. True, but you're making a conscious decision that you know for certain will take a life, which separates it from anything else you do that might affect someone's life.



+ Steve	Mar 10 2017, 04:11 AM Post #24
Greetings. I will be your waifu this season. Posts: 19,471 Group: Legend Member #5,710 Joined: February 7, 2011 Gender Male Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime Hunter x Hunter(2011) What Browser do you use? Mozilla Firefox Favourite Manga Berserk all day erry day	Agent Dark Mar 10 2017, 03:34 AM Even if it's not someone you know, wouldn't you guys feel bad taking a life for money? Not particularly to be honest. Too worried about my own death to bother, unless it's one of like...3 or 4 people who actually influence my life in direct ways, I can boil them down to being a statistic. One of the 150,000 or so people that die each day. With 300,000+ more born each day I find it easy to not care.
	Definitely not a succubus, fear not


+ Pyrus	Mar 10 2017, 04:23 AM Post #25
Posts: 39,342 Group: Legend Member #5,088 Joined: August 1, 2010 Gender Not Specified Country Chile	Nagito Komaeda Mar 10 2017, 04:04 AM Pyrus Mar 10 2017, 03:59 AM Agent Dark Mar 10 2017, 03:34 AM Even if it's not someone you know, wouldn't you guys feel bad taking a life for money? I can't say for sure. It's similar to me doing anything that might affect someone else's life, but I can't save everyone. True, but you're making a conscious decision that you know for certain will take a life, which separates it from anything else you do that might affect someone's life. You're right, which is why I said I can't be sure. There's an equal chance for anybody I know. It would probably depend on the day.
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* Mitas	Mar 10 2017, 08:43 AM Post #26
It truly was a Shawshank redemption Posts: 12,129 Group: Retired Staff Member #2,993 Joined: December 16, 2007 Gender Male Favourite Anime DBZ What Browser do you use? Google Chrome Favourite Manga DBZ, Full Metal Alchemist	Steve Mar 10 2017, 04:11 AM Agent Dark Mar 10 2017, 03:34 AM Even if it's not someone you know, wouldn't you guys feel bad taking a life for money? Not particularly to be honest. Too worried about my own death to bother, unless it's one of like...3 or 4 people who actually influence my life in direct ways, I can boil them down to being a statistic. One of the 150,000 or so people that die each day. With 300,000+ more born each day I find it easy to not care. But they aren't just one of the x amount of people who died that day, they're one of the one person you killed that day. For the terminal illness thing, again, I doubt I'd do it even if it was someone I don't know, so definitely wouldn't if it was someone I actually cared about. I'd actually be more likely to do it for a large amount of money (£50 million+) than to save my own life; death doesn't bother me.
	"Then you've got the chance to do better next time." "Next time?" "Course. Doing better next time. That's what life is."


SpeedoTrunks	Mar 10 2017, 09:46 AM Post #27
Posts: 908 Group: Member Member #9,238 Joined: March 22, 2013 Gender Not Specified	I'll be honest, I'd have to think long and hard about it. I'm in debt, (not loads but enough to take money off me monthly for the next 2 years), and that amount would clear that easily/buy me a house/car/essentially sort my life out, but I'd have to live with the guilt I killed somebody I knew. I think in the long run, it'd be a "no". Maybe you'd get a nice cheque of £10K for being a good person lol.



+ Pointer	Mar 10 2017, 11:49 AM Post #28
... Posts: 7,062 Group: Elite Member Member #8,812 Joined: January 5, 2013 Gender Male	SpeedoTrunks Mar 9 2017, 11:05 AM Imagine the scenario: You will be given 1 Million dollars (in your respective currency) if you press the button..... ...but pressing the button will kill somebody you know. Which could be a family/friend/acquaintance/a person you hate or a random guy you know from seeing out and about. Would you? No way ... i would not press that not even if he would be the worst ppl on earth Human life cant be measured by money.



Dankness Lava	Mar 10 2017, 01:03 PM Post #29
Dankness Forever Posts: 6,348 Group: Tha Dankness Member #9,197 Joined: March 16, 2013 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime Hajime no Ippo What Browser do you use? Chrome Favourite Manga One Piece	Steve Mar 10 2017, 04:11 AM Agent Dark Mar 10 2017, 03:34 AM Even if it's not someone you know, wouldn't you guys feel bad taking a life for money? Not particularly to be honest. Too worried about my own death to bother, unless it's one of like...3 or 4 people who actually influence my life in direct ways, I can boil them down to being a statistic. One of the 150,000 or so people that die each day. With 300,000+ more born each day I find it easy to not care. But humans aren't statistics, they're humans with lives and families and goals just like you.



~~Doggo Champion 2k17~~	Mar 10 2017, 01:22 PM Post #30
Posts: 7,931 Group: GTFO Member #6,380 Joined: June 20, 2011 Country United States Favourite Anime here comes What Browser do you use? o shit waddup! Favourite Manga dat boi	Am I a terrible person for saying that I probably would? I'm sure that if this was a real situation, many of you would change your answer to yes. It's hard to take the moral ground when you're behind a computer and not actually in the situation. People die every second. Animals die every second. Every second, we're moving closer toward extinction. If it was guaranteed to be someone that I knew, my answer would be different, but if it's someone on the other side of the world and you won't even know that they're gone? Maybe it's someone who's going to die anyway, or a terrible person, a criminal or something. It's hard to say no at that point.



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