If you had the option to push a button and recieve one million dollars, but a stranger would die somewhere in the world, would you push it?
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- The person who dies could be anyone.
- You recieve the money instantly, but it costed someone elses life.
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By pushing that button, I'm a murderer already. I'm a criminal. I can be compared to those evil ones who makes this world unsafe. I can be compared to those ruthless, heartless people who takes away life of a loving mother, of a responsible father, a caring brother or a sister, or a much loved son or a daughter. I wouldn't let anyone go through pain for my own sake. I'm not trying to be perfect here, I'm just doing what could make me happy.
Of course a million dollar could make anyone happy. But if I have to be a criminal just to get that money, no thanks. I'll be happy with just the little money I have in my savings account, the loving family waiting for me at home, the special someone I have who truly cares for, for my friends who'll support me all the way, the cats who cheers me up, and the strangers I happen to bump into each day of my life.
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Just supposed that the person being killed is someone I know and love. I wouldn’t be able to come to terms with the fact that I got 1 million dollars and I killed my own child. Would the money bring me happiness or would it bring me pain.
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It could be a friend or family member.
Or it could be just some random person walking down the street.
In any case, I'd say no. We were all put here for a reason and I'm sure it wasn't so some heartless fool could get rich. Just my $0.02 :)
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In the United States alone, there are 810.4 deaths for every 100,000 people (2006 figures).
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm
Calculate that around the world and realize that thousands of strangers die every single day. This question does not say that someone will "be killed". It states that someone "will die". The actual question here does not present a moral dilemma.
The movie "The Box" DOES present the moral battle.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362478/plotsummary
"But, pressing this button will simultaneously CAUSE the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know." (emphasis mine)
Even if the box were a one-time button that self-destructed upon use so that it could never be used again, I wouldn't press it. I live my life in a way to not intentionally cause harm to another either through words or actions. Sometimes people are hurt, but not because I intended it.
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At first I said of course I'd push it. One person in our hugely over-population planet doesn't matter to me in the least.
However I think the reason many people's first instinct is to say yes is they assume the person will be someone they don't know. Some far away random stranger who means nothing to them.
When put into the perspective that the person dying could be your son, your mate, your father, anyone, it changes things.
Based on this I wouldn't press the button. I'd kill the person asking me to and steal his money. lol All they want is a body right?
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I will let a stranger give me a Million Dollars so he can kill a stranger.
First of all, there are thousands of murders everyday, if I can bank a million for one of these random murders, why not!
Second of all, a million dollars will solve a lot of my financial problems, pay bills, buy a house, buy a car, take a much needed vacation, put some in savings for my children. I work just as hard as other millionaires out there, I wouldn't mind a pay day.
Third of all, I would turn the moral argument on it's head and use most of the Million towards life saving charities. Sure my million would cause 1 death, but afterwords it would be responsible for saving many lives. If I didn't take that million somebody else would have, i need to protect that money from getting into the hands of irresponsible people.
:D
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"First of all, there are thousands of murders everyday, if I can bank a million for one of these random murders, why not! "
Ah, but the question is not whether you would opt to profit from a murder that was going to happen anyway, but whether you would actually choose to cause another death in order to get a big paycheck.
Man Jeff, that's kinda harsh. I'm gonna try a lot harder to be nice to you!!
lol, just mixing it up, with all that said if anybody wants to send me a Million bucks pre-empting the button decision that might be the safest route for everybody.
Money is just money. We may need it to function and exist, but we don't need it to live. It has no inherent value, only the value we give it as a society. It is totally replaceable.
A human being has a heart and soul, which has no price tag.
No, I would not trade a "thing" that filled my bank account in exchange for a living person's life.
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But on the other hand I might consider pushing the button if I am presented with a circumstance that the million dollars could save a thousand other lives or someone who could save a million lives.
Since I am presented with a responsibility to make a choice I should consider the consequences of the actions that I take and also the consequences of the actions that I failed to take.
If I decide to push the button I would pray that the stranger who dies is a evil person who has killed a lot of people.
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The reason why is because I have 3 children,a husband,2 parents,a brother and 2 nieces that I would miss dearly if it was one of them to die.
Although it would be wonderful to have the money,Life would not be worth living without my family.
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I would put that along the same vein of thought as being a hired hitman and say that if you chose to take the money, you should be charged with murder.
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We kill people by voting for unnecessary wars. We kill people by voting against providing health care in this country to the poor. We kill people by not sending our money for famine relief in poor countries.
Each one of use could have saved a life today by writing a check for some group somewhere in the world feeding starving people.
So, I don't see what difference another dead person will make.
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M$I mean from what I understand it was a stranger, someone you have never met.
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To actually be aware of and " KNOW " that your actions are directly responsible for someone elses death , stranger or not would not be worth any amount of money to me at all.
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