Discussion Would you shoot completely 10 innocent people to save a hundred?

[BecomingTired]

And if so, would you be able to shoot 3 people close to you to save a million?

 

[Caughtincuff]

For couple of hundreds, I won't be shooting someone. I would rather let them shoot me!
Nope never, I love people who I love. I can't even think about living without them for just a sum of money I wouldn't be killing someone I love.

 

[lacrimosa]

No, when it's someone's time to go, it's their time to go. Saving 100 at the cost of 10 sounds ideal but if they're innocent, then no and what about the 100 I am saving... Are they innocent?

 

[BecomingTired]

No, when it's someone's time to go, it's their time to go. Saving 100 at the cost of 10 sounds ideal but if they're innocent, then no and what about the 100 I am saving... Are they innocent?

Just regular people, maybe some innocent, maybe not.

 

[astr4]

trolley problem 2.0?

i like to think i would. i think the trolley problem sometimes is less about "are you willing to trade 1 life for 5?" and sometimes it's about "are you willing to be seen as the villain?"

to elaborate, if saving 5 lives was as simple as just imagining it, i think a lot of us would do it. i think what stops us is the act of pulling that switch or that trigger, the fact it's an active choice you need to make.

i don't always agree with utilitarianism, but frankly that's my answer. i think sometimes you need to be able to be the villain, do things that make you hate yourself, make others hate you — for the sake of what you think is right.

also depends on if i get to choose who these 'innocent' people are. jeff bezos is innocent, sure, but to sit blindly by while people suffer under your exploitation every day is about as evil as it gets, even if he hasn't committed a crime in the legal sense, i find it morally indefensible, so.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I'd shoot the sadistic piece of shit that asked me to make that choice. If I couldn't shoot them, I'd shoot myself. If there was no other way around it though, I just don't know. Could we rig it so that all Sasu members are in one of the groups? We'd probably all draw targets on ourselves.

 

[KillingPain267]

And if so, would you be able to shoot 3 people close to you to save a million?

Nope. Nobody knows the future or outcome. All I need to do is do right towards the people I meet (a part of that is not hurting them). If 10 people are a threat to the 100, how can I be sure they really are a threat? And if I can be sure, there are other things I can do to discourage them from killing the 100 than killing them. I am not a utilitarian or consequentialist.

 

[ForgottenAgain]

Depends on who those 10 people are and who those 100 people are. I don't think the 100 are inherently more valuable than the 10 just because they're more in quantity.

Don't think that, even if I had all the answers, I'd feel competent and rightful enough to play God and decide who gets to live or die.

Unless some of those people have committed horrible crimes, I think I'd rather someone shoot me.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I would simply miss all my shots because I have only ever picked up a gun once at a gun range and I had terrible aim with it.

 

[kunikuzushi]

no. why should I choose who lives or dies

 

[Kavka]

I think I should shoot 9 and then myself to make it 10, but I'm not sure I could do it.
It also depends on who the other 100 people are, but for the sake of argument I'll just assume they're innocent too.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

No, I don't really have any desires to save people. I instead just wish that humanity died out. I don't want to save anybody

 

[untothedepths]

I don't like these questions because there isn't enough to go off of, not to mention, there is almost never a time where someone would need to choose between something like that. 100% of the time, aside from manslaughter, a human life is taken deliberately with real reasons behind it, not an impossible scenario. If it were a rescue effort, you would save a hundred people though ten may die, because in that case, it's about saving as many as possible. There is too much to go into that this isn't really something I can personally answer.

 

[Buffy]

No, I'd like my body count to stay below double digits.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

I don't think that I could shoot anyone.

 

[sancta-simplicitas]

I don't think that I could shoot anyone.

Seconding this. I wouldn't be able to do it.

 

[-nobodyknows-]

I've seen this anime. Bad idea.

 

[wCvML2]

No. I wouldn't want any of that responsibility over others' lives. I don't even want responsibility over my own life, so I would give the gun to someone else.

 

[AmericanMary]

Nope. The only life I would ever take is my own <3

 

[BecomingTired]

I don't like these questions because there isn't enough to go off of, not to mention, there is almost never a time where someone would need to choose between something like that. 100% of the time, aside from manslaughter, a human life is taken deliberately with real reasons behind it, not an impossible scenario. If it were a rescue effort, you would save a hundred people though ten may die, because in that case, it's about saving as many as possible. There is too much to go into that this isn't really something I can personally answer.

I purposely said "shoot" so it wouldn't be interpreted in that kind of way, you aren't rescuing anyone. Ig I can say that if you don't shoot the 10 then the rest will be killed

 

[kyhoti]

Just getting myself out of the way will save lives.

 

[sserafim]

I wouldn't do anything because I don't want to have to take on (this) responsibility or be held accountable. The best action for me in this case would be inaction.

I wouldn't shoot 3 people close to me to save a million. I still like my family even though they're mean to me. I could see myself shooting a million people to save 3 people close to me though

No. I wouldn't want any of that responsibility over others' lives. I don't even want responsibility over my own life, so I would give the gun to someone else.

Same

 

[DunnoWhyButYeah]

No.

 

[sos]

do i get to view a profile of those hundred people? pretty much like a swiping system where i'm able to rate their profile by either liking or disliking them.

i mean like, imagine killing 10 innocent just to get a bunch of criminals in return

 

[LaVieEnRose]

I'd shoot the sadistic piece of shit that asked me to make that choice.

Damn, I like that side of you!

 

[AbusedInnocent]

Yes, I'm just saving 90 people here.

doesn't matter if the 10 people are killed by me and the 100 are killed by someone else, it doesn't matter, do you want 10 people to die or 100?

Having the ability to act and not acting makes me responsible for the death of 90 people too.

 

[R_N]

No, I even avoid killing insects now.

 

[spottem]

Yes, if it was anonymous and I could close my eyes

 

[trappedinthislife]

I would shoot a million people to save the lives of ten million. Because THAT IS SALVATION. THAT IS TRUE BEAUTY

For those who don't know the context, google "Captain Matias Torres".