Would you sacrifice some people in order to save many more ?

[Lord Voldemin]

For example some Terrorists hijack an airplane again

And are planning to hug some towers again

Will you shoot the plane down to avoid further costs and for a greater good ?

Or try to save both parties by talking serious business in a diplomatic way with some Extremists ?

Or will you be unable to do anything because you can't decide what's right and wrong caught up between your own ideals ?

Like how can human lifes be quantified ? Humans are after all superior to animals and unique beings.. 2 humans > 1 human ? No that can't be right ?

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Or does it depend ? Like sometimes the life of one person is more important than that of many

Like my life is equal to that of 1 million prostitutes in some slums around the world

So instead of sacrificing myself for them they should die for me instead because I'm more important and a,,better" person for not being a prostitute ?

 

 

Share your thoughts

Discuss

 

 

[A Boy Like Troy]

Yes

[abra]

I'd shoot the plane down in that case, because those on the plane would die anyway.

[Simmi]

No. It's like asking who you want to be with for a day? A bunch of stupid people or 1/2 people with some common sense.

[jaco]

no

[Chungie]

You and your peculiar way of promoting a song

[DatFrackHead]

yes and i would also sacrifice many to save one.

[heuieuu]

If you shoot the plane, it'll burn and crash on another building......

[minjoy]

When you're already there, you can't even think of anything more than saving yourself.

[hess]

Sacrifice the terrorists to save many more. 

 

But in reality, I'd be too scared to move or think. 

 

 

This is like the trolley problem. You're on a train that's headed towards 5 people who are bound to the tracks. There's a lever next to you that can change the course of the train. However, you notice that there's 1 person bound to the tracks of the second path. Should you do nothing while the trolley kills the 5 people, or pull the lever to change tracks so the trolley kills 1 person?

 

There's a bunch of interesting spin-off scenarios and such that follow.