Would You Kill For Your Child?

[Epistaxis]

I do have a child but I think in this scenario you are trying to blur the definition of what "protect" them means.

Basically, in Saltman's scenario the Devil himself could approach you and say your child is gonna die of a natural cause on Friday....if you set a preschool on fire killing everyone your child will live. You are trying to blur that as the samething as shooting someone trying to molest your kid or something.

If look at all possible scenarios that could be included in Salts question.....I still think people are answering yes too quickly.

Nope.

No blur.

In his scenario I am given a choice, murder someone (unknown guilt/innocence/whatever) and that murder saves my child's life, or do not commit murder and my child dies.

Simply put, I value the life of my child over the lives of anyone else.

Period.

Thought I made that pretty clear.

[Cat]

slippery slope fallacy

[CRA]

I said one person...I didnt say 1000 or 1 million.

yeah, I know you did. But if you are willing to kill 1 then you gotta kick it up a notch to find out people's limits.

IMO, if you are willing to kill one random person....why does the number matter?

[CRA]

CRA, it would need to be situational....can't answer that question

ok, I will try.

You are informed your child will die in a month(you don't know how or why).

You are told if you kill random children (plural) put in front of you with no questions asked.....your child will live. Are you willing to do that?

[Epistaxis]

Numbers always matter.

If you are asking a new hypothetical, define it.

I can't even type the nursery school scenario, and people might not want to hear my answer to that one, and I don't even like where I would go with it.

[Hawk]

depends on what that number is, who these random people are, and which child, I clearly like one of them much more than the other

[CRA]

Numbers always matter.

If you are asking a new hypothetical, define it.

I can't even type the nursery school scenario, and people might not want to hear my answer to that one, and I don't even like where I would go with it.

I guess I fail to see why numbers matter if this scenario.......so you can murder one person without hesitation but if asked to do several there is hesitation? If you are willing to randomly kill you should be able to randomly kill......

[CRA]

Numbers always matter.

If you are asking a new hypothetical, define it.

I can't even type the nursery school scenario, and people might not want to hear my answer to that one, and I don't even like where I would go with it.

true. I tend to over think and expand scenarios......you are probably right. No good one come of those questions most likely.

[JJlovesthePanthers]

I say yes, without currently having a child.

[PanthaSan]

Yes. I would definitely kill to save the life of my child, most of my relatives and anybody I served with.

I would probably kill a relative to save the life of my child also.

Would I enjoy it?

History being a good teacher says it would have the same effect on me emotionally and psychologically as smashing bug.

[Cat]

I guess I fail to see why numbers matter if this scenario.......so you can murder one person without hesitation but if asked to do several there is hesitation? If you are willing to randomly kill you should be able to randomly kill......

People tend to look at mass murders in a much different light then a person who killed one person. Do you not? Do you consider Hitler the same as a man who shot his wife?

[Hawk]

stick with it PS....how many would you kill per person saved...come on!

[Epistaxis]

I guess I fail to see why numbers matter if this scenario.......so you can murder one person without hesitation but if asked to do several there is hesitation? If you are willing to randomly kill you should be able to randomly kill......

Killing one person could be situational.

Killing 20 hookers makes you a serial killer.

Killing 2000 random people makes you a terrorist.

So yeah, I think numbers matter.

And yeah, keep upping the ante and I'm still all in.

[CRA]

Killing one person could be situational.

Killing 20 hookers makes you a serial killer.

Killing 2000 random people makes you a terrorist.

So yeah, I think numbers matter.

And yeah, keep upping the ante and I'm still all in.

I guess that is my point, I think if you up the ante you have to still be in if you say yes to the intital question asked.

but if up the number to 20...the same thought rational should apply. The "I put my child before all other life".