2006-07-24 13:07:23 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
You go back in time, and you have the only time machine the government doesn't know about it and cannot touch you. You can escape unpunished.
2006-07-24 13:12:19 · update #1
Alright you ask a good question so here's the good answer :)
Killing baby Hitler would be wrong because he wasn't born as the Hitler we know. He's still an innocent soul and hasn't gone through life and the events that will shape him into the ultimate dark ruler (to say the least about him).
Looking at the problems now, are the babies and children of our terrorist also our enemy? Should we blow those babies to pieces? I know you're probably thinking that they'll do that to us but remember it's the adults that have been disillusioned in life that do the harm. There was never a baby or child that was born to kill or do harm. They grow up into it. Everyone is born with the potential for good or evil and life experiences will challenge that. The weak will fall prey to the negativity. It's up to society, family, and parents to mold the minds of the young. Look at the children and babies around you (even if you don't like kids, I know I just want to squeeze one sometimes. that's a joke!) and you'll see how pure they are compared to us.
2006-07-24 14:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by B-Truth 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Since I don't believe in faith or destiny, I don't believe that Hitler as a baby will necessarily become the genocidal leader, we know him to be. I think killing him would be wrong on that account. However, changing his life whether it be moving him to another country or some other dramatic change might also change the course of History.
Then again, there are no guarantees that changing the past will lead to a better present than we have now.
2006-07-24 13:41:50 · answer #2 · answered by criticinme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you knew he would become the same Hitler otherwise, then no it wouldn't be wrong. Hitler killed 12 million people and started a war that killed 50 million more. It's 62 million lives versus one. Unlike the liberal, moralist, limp-wristed hypocrites here who would condemn those people to death again, I make the obvious choice. I wouldn't just kill him, I'd make sure he was dead.
Adolf Hitler was a piece of garbage and he did not deserve life.
To the person saying it hadn't happened yet, with time travel there is no 'hasn't happened yet'. Leaving Hitler alive would run the risk he turns back down the path he would take, killing him is the only way to ensure he never commits his crimes.
2006-07-24 13:16:38 · answer #3 · answered by sean 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in the following concepts:
People aren't born evil, they grow to be evil through their actions.
I also believe that we cannot change history, even if we try. For example, if you went back in time and Killed Hitler, 60 years later, there would still be a mass genocide that occurred some other way. It's inevitable. People are only chess pieces directed across the board of the universe.
2006-07-24 13:29:17 · answer #4 · answered by London 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going back in a time machine I would say no, but had you done it back then, you would have been convicted.
On the other hand, if a time machine is ever invented, than changing anything in the past will be illegal and hence killing Hilter, also would be wrong, so I change my answer to YES
2006-07-24 13:11:29 · answer #5 · answered by billyandgaby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regarding someone else's answer..., it's often said people are born inherently good and learn to be bad. But it's probably more accurate to say people are born inherently bad and learn to be good. Hitler did not learn to be good..., or did, and then went away from it. In any case, as an infant, none of this had happened yet.
2006-07-24 13:17:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. What you do is take him away from his family and take him to a different family far away. The reason he was the way he was was because of his family. If you get him away from that it may change history and you don't have to kill him.
2006-07-25 13:30:18 · answer #7 · answered by usa_grl15 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's still wrong. Remember, you can still change a baby's personality at a very young age regardless of genetics.
2006-07-24 13:14:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, any good hunter knows you shouldn't kill it unless you're gonna eat it. If you're gonna chow down on spiral sliced Baby Hitler, I'm cool with it.
2006-07-24 13:12:17 · answer #9 · answered by daspook19 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Today is July 24, 2006. What is your point? Fail to understand what you are trying to ask.
2006-07-24 13:11:40 · answer #10 · answered by alfredenuemann98195 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋