Would you do this for world peace?

Question

I know this is really sad, but my sister told this to me. The question/thought is:

"Would you kill or sacrifice a 5 year old, innocent girl, who has done NOTHING for all of world peace? In other words, would you kill once for world peace?"

My answer(and sorry to offend those who appose) was to sacrifice the girl.

But wait? aren't little kids dying from violence everyday? Irag just had a bombing that killed 60 people. I bet one was a child.

PLEASE POST YOUR OPINION!!!

I'm really interested in what you have to say.

peace be with you.

^^^ I think some people are confused, but the idea of having world peace WOULD definatley happen. Not like, sorta happen, or may happen. It would completely happen. No more violence war and all that stuff.

Answer 1

This is a thought-provoking, gut-wrenching question! It's both inspirational and disturbing! Quite controversial!

Unfortunately, I have a conflict of interest because my niece is just such an innocent 5-yr.old.

I would happily sacrifice myself for guaranteed world peace, as it is very important to me, but I do not believe I would be able to kill for it...

I wish more hate-filled, terrorist, suicide bombers, and death mongers felt the same way...then perhaps there truly would be world peace!

Thank you for the opportunity for this incredible introspection!

Answer 2

I would not do any such thing. There cannot be peace on Earth until Jesus Christ returns.

World peace is an impossibility due to the nature of living creatures. Place two organisms in a controlled environment with limited resources, and chances are they will compete. Perhaps one will kill the other. With humans, this is even worse, for even if there are ample resources for everyone to have a share, one man will try to dominate his peers so he can decide how the resources will be doled out.

The only way there could be world peace (before the return of the Messiah) is for this earth to be completely cleansed of human life, if you don't see the violence among animals as an obstacle to worldwide tranquility (for the beasts and birds have to eat). Other than that, there is no way it could ever come about. Civilisation itself would fall apart if there was an end to warfare; countries would collapse, and millions would fall into poverty as the lucrative defence contracting and military industries would suddenly become useless.

Technology would stagnate, for many of the most advanced technologies (and the one we are using now) were originally developed for military purposes. So world peace is folly to suggest, and would cause more problems than it would solve.

Answer 3

i'd be more than chuffed if that somewhat led to international peace to spread round. yet, with human beings the way they're immediately, there would maximum in all possibility be a minimum of one human being that reported it as an risk to take over, even if a international chief or no longer. or maybe if the international leaders did settle on to have peace, no longer each and each and every of the electorate would choose it. There are some human beings accessible that despise peace and in problem-free words choose violence and chaos. unhappy element is, i visit in problem-free words see international peace occurring if all people idea an same or both did care or respected persons's beliefs. Then there does no longer be something to create conflict over.

Answer 4

So you would commit great evil to secure world peace? How long do you you think such an evilly bought peace would last? That was a rhetorical question, as you, if representative of average man, would do such, then little hope for a world that is half to the right of the mean.

Answer 5

Considering a beneficial situation (such as I would want world peace... or world peace would benefit humans) I would kill the girl for far less. Go ahead and check you deontological method, were you not to sacrifice the child for the guarantee of an immensely great or philanthropic gain, you may treat her as an end-in-herself, but subject the rest of the population to Means in the process.

Answer 6

We will have world peace when all the nations decide to get UNITED with each other. UNITY is the basis for reaching world peace. Would California think of waging war against Oregon? Of course not, It would be ridiculous. Unity in the US came after a terrible civil war. Right now we are going through a civil war at an international scale. We will have unity after this terrible ordeal. For that purpose we need to consider the EARTH as ONE COUNTRY and MANKIND it's CITIZEN.
So sacrificing a human being would not serve the purpose of world peace in my opinion.

Answer 7

I also would do it in a second. What would be the point of sparing the child if hundreds more die of similar causes? Killing one to save all would be better than sparing one and killing many others. Unfortunately, there are too many people in the world with opposing views for world peace to ever become a reality.

Answer 8

When you sacrifice a child you sacrife the future. Would you give up a possible world savior for a precieved gain? Though that person may be the grandchild of the one you would sacrifice. See the problem?

As one man said, "Forgive them for they know not what they do."

Answer 9

an ancient idea, and one certain people ponder every day, reduced to its simplest and yet most synoptic is the idea of does the end justify the means....and yes it does, and this offends some people greatly, to make the issue hit home more though, ask yourself: would you sacrifice YOUR five year old sister? i have asked myself and said yes, lets just be thankful most of us dont have to make these decisions.

Answer 10

Yes. First of all, he said it was for world peace, not that it might happen. Second of all, you know many more children will die if you don't. There really is no sense in saying no to this, unless you'd rather have many more die.