lets talk about moral quandries

[Clone v.117]

You are hungry but have little food left in the house, you have 3 options.
1. eat a relatively plain sandwich
2. go to the store to buy something to eat
3. do not eat
None of which can really be called the "right answer"
What will you do??

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[Kochieboy]

I'll often refer to what Truman said about dropping the atomic bomb, on the whole debate of saving lives by killing fewer lives.

[Foxscotch]

Let New York City die anyway because it should be a lesson to them that they need to not let people plant bombs all around.

uh... what?
so do you think 9/11 was deserved? because they let terrorists fly planes into the buildings?

[Oasis]

Considering all these "quandries" are just the simple, 1 life for the good of many, it's a pretty simple answer: Do whatever you have to to save as many lives as you can.

[Machaty]

For the second one, the wife is just as guilty as the madman if she knows the locations of the bombs but still won't tell.

[Foxscotch]

For the second one, the wife is just as guilty as the madman if she knows the locations of the bombs but still won't tell.

no, the point is that you would torture the man's wife so that he'll tell you where they are

[bloody jumper]

1.Yes
2.Yes
3.Yes
EDIT: None of these are hard. If it saves more lives than it ends I think it's okay.

[Doomonkey]

uh... what?
so do you think 9/11 was deserved? because they let terrorists fly planes into the buildings?

9/11 was an important lesson in aircraft safety.

[McZealot]

How exactly would killing the girl bring peace on Earth?
Torture the wife because she probably isn't actually innocent. Let New York City die anyway because it should be a lesson to them that they need to not let people plant bombs all around. There are consequences to this sort of behavior.
You can't stop even a small train with a burly man. Just the engine bit would plow right over him. Furthermore, I would consider the likelihood of the train derailing and killing everyone onboard. Also, if I'm standing on a bridge with a burly man, it might be bad idea to think that I could push him off.

this is a dumb response. don't try to look at it logically, the facts are set in stone. the point is that you make a decision with a straightforward answer, you don't try to point out how something is impossible. saying "killing someone wouldnt bring peace on earth" is wrong, because in the context of the scenario it would. the question is if you would do it or not--- not if it would work.

[Zloff]

A small train is coming down a track. 5 people are tied to it, and will be killed by the train. You are on a bridge with a large burly man, and his body could stop the train, saving the 5 people.

wtf kind of physics is this lol

[sir dooble]

wtf kind of physics is this lol

Blockland physics, obviously.


In most circumstances I would take the life of a single person for the benefit of many.
I don't consider it a particularly difficult decision to make.
I might not feel good about it afterwards, but that's besides the point really.

[Jairo]

Considering all these "quandries" are just the simple, 1 life for the good of many, it's a pretty simple answer: Do whatever you have to to save as many lives as you can.

but what happens when you give "value" to the lives?

eg, the president in exchange for 500 deadbeats?

[SlayerZ99]

has been brought up before

Your mom and the hottest person you know and are loveually attracted to, switch bodies and you have to bang one of them. Who do you choose?

the ultimate question

as for the OP

1) yes i would do it
2) yes
3) if he wasnt such a baby he would jump himself but i'd push him if I had to

[Harm94]

Dren and me are pretty much the opposite ends of the spectrum.

I shall for the body of two wings by becoming the center. OH YEAH!

A moral quandary is a problem in which you have to make a difficult decision in which nothing stands out as the "right" answer.

I love these. I despise movies that have characters that are just evil for the sake of being evil. I like decisions that are morally grey, and difficult. Black and white decisions are just a test of personality.


Answer these, and post your own:
You are legally immune in all these situations, and people will agree with whatever you do.


You can bring peace on Earth, and make all men happy, excluding yourself. In order to do this, you have to torture and kill a young girl.
Do you do it? You could save millions of lives by ending violence.
Edit: It will not prevent you from being happy, it will just not force you into happiness.
You didn't say innocent, so I am going to track down and eliminate the most evil bitch alive.

A madman has planted bombs all over New York city. He has been captured, but will not reveal where he has placed the bomb. He has a rare condition so he does not feel pain, and the only way to get the locations of the bombs is to torture his (innocent) wife.
Do you do it? You could save thousands of lives, and nobody would die.
I am a KGB man, of course.

A small train is coming down a track. 5 people are tied to it, and will be killed by the train. You are on a bridge with a large burly man, and his body could stop the train, saving the 5 people. Do you push him off the bridge, to stop the train? You could save 5 people, at the cost of 1.
Big man is obviously a terminator, he will be fine.

[Kingdaro]

has been brought up before

Your mom and the hottest person you know and are loveually attracted to, switch bodies and you have to bang one of them. Who do you choose?

the ultimate question

Just explain the situation to my mom in the lovey body. She'll understand.