would you murder ten strangers
or watch as ten people you cared about were killed?
i want to see if there is a difference in how people of different religions would answer this.
2007-03-27 08:39:29 · 10 answers · asked by philosophizer 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
dont just say that you would kill yourself thats stupid.
how about this. if you dont choose you and all twenty of the people will die.
2007-03-27 08:51:31 · update #1
YOU CANT KILL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING YOU DO THIS!!!!!
JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION!!! PLEASE!!!
2007-03-27 09:11:36 · update #2
What is preventing me from killing the one who is making me choose?
2007-03-27 08:57:50 · answer #1 · answered by hazydaze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you really honestly pick one? Hinduism bases itself on karma, or the fruits of your actions, with special attention to the intent behind the actions. If you murder ten strangers randomly, that would produce a lot of bad karma. If the ten strangers were going to kill the ten people you cared about and you killed them, the ramifications may not be as harsh. If I had to pick one, I can't say I would be able to pick the last one at all, no matter what the circumstance. The first one, however, is a possibility given the circumstance.
However, killing for me is generally wrong, religion notwithstanding.
2007-03-27 15:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by lotusmoon01 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about "murder" 10 strangers, because I wouldn't have premeditated malice if they were strangers that I was being forced to kill. But I'd kill 10 strangers before watching 10 people I love be killed. I'd hate myself for doing so, but with the poor options, I'd have to go with the lesser of two evils, as I saw it. But if the first stranger was the person making me kill...would I be done?
2007-03-27 15:58:44 · answer #3 · answered by Guvo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could never bring myself to kill anyone. I could never live with the guilt.
I could never just stand by and watch as ten people I cared about were killed. I couldn't live with the grief.
So, I guess I wouldn't choose. If I'm dead, I wouldn't have to live with the fact that I survived while ten people (that were connected to me either by caring about them, or dying by my hand) were killed. And if I am dead too, then I will see them on the next plane of existance (or whatever the afterlife may be) and at least I can say, "Hey, I'm right there with ya!". To me, it would be the most honorable choice.
2007-03-27 16:06:08 · answer #4 · answered by OranjTulip 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Taking the question for what it is and not inventing alternatives, I would kill the strangers.
I probably wouldn't be able to live with myself afterward, though. I'd end up suicidal.
But I wouldn't "kill" the people I cared about most.
2007-03-27 15:51:18 · answer #5 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone with an ounce of integrity would kill the strangers.
It takes more strength and honor to carry out your decison and live with it; than to whine about your remorse or become consumed by guilt.
2007-03-27 16:01:22 · answer #6 · answered by limendoz 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would probably kill myself and save 20 people, especially my ten loved ones.
2007-03-27 15:43:24 · answer #7 · answered by alis volat propriis 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I wouldn't murder, and I wouldn't watch. If someone insisted on killing people I care about, I would offer to exchange my life for theirs. I sure hope this scenario ever comes up.
2007-03-27 15:43:34 · answer #8 · answered by KS 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I hate these questions! I'd kill the strangers but I'd be very, very, disturbed at what I had done.
2007-03-27 15:43:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ah no not this.
2007-03-27 15:59:31 · answer #10 · answered by JoJoBa 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋