and if you pushed it, you would get any wish you pleased but someone that you DO NOT know will immediately die, would you push it??
decisions, decisions. thanks for your responses.
2007-12-20 08:48:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I'd push it and wish the guy that put me in the room would die!
2007-12-20 08:53:00 · answer #1 · answered by sneegli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an interesting question, but it really asks for deeper thought. It's allegorical. Sadly, whether we intend to or not, most people who live in industrial societies push that red button every day.
Would you buy a diamond ring for your loved one, knowing that the diamond likely funds war and slavery?
Would you drive a gas-guzzler a half a mile to the grocery store, knowing that fossil fuels are not only pollutants but a major contributor to worldwide unrest and unfair class divisions?
Do you eat meat every day, knowing that the production of meat wastes valuable energy and contributes to both worldwide starvation and the destruction of rainforests?
Do you run the water when you brush your teeth, or take a longer shower than you need to? Thousands of innocent children are dying of starvation and dehydration, yet we in Western countries urinate into bowls of clean water. Think about that: How much sense does it make?
Do you buy coffee which was harvested by slaves? Do you buy shoes and clothing produced in sweatshops? Do you leave your phone charger plugged in? Do you throw away plastic grocery bags?
It's easy for any ethical person to say: "Why, of course not! I would never wish someone to die so that I could get what I want!"
But once we have made the moral decision that the lives of other people are more important than our desire for luxuries, we must change our lives now and make it happen. If we do not change the way we are living, we are most certainly causing other people to die.
Are you willing to change?
~ Juniper, University of Metaphysical Sciences
2007-12-20 17:14:40 · answer #2 · answered by Metaphysical Sciences 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A part of me would press it just for a wish to fix all my life problems
but the bigger part of me would not press it .. i wouldn't want any one to suffer because of my actions
the girl next door why press the button in the first place if you only use that 1 wish to make them not die?
2007-12-20 16:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by Matty S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would push it and make the wish of this unknown person not to die.
2007-12-20 16:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by the girl next door 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd push it and wish that no one would die for me pushing it. Then the entire universe would implode.
2007-12-20 16:51:59 · answer #5 · answered by pip 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No I couldn't! I'd be a murderer and I couldn't live with that so the wish wouldn't have been worth it.
2007-12-20 17:05:58 · answer #6 · answered by verycheesygirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could you wish for more wishes and then wish for that person to be brought back to life?
no just kidding. i wouldn't. i don't want to be responsible for killing someone even if i could bring him/her back to life.
2007-12-20 16:53:52 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ Plain Nikki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! How incredibly selfish! Karma will get you in the end!
2007-12-20 16:56:36 · answer #8 · answered by Deanrijo 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yea people i dont kno die everyday its part of life
2007-12-20 16:56:16 · answer #9 · answered by jas 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋