Is it worth sacrificing one life to save a billion?

[Ahura Mazda]

I find this to be a ludicrous question for we cannot foresee the future and as such could never make this type of choice.

You might rather ask the question whether you would be wrong to not have killed someone when you had the chance given they later went on to kill a billion people?

 

[The Guard]

Sacrifice in what sense?

Give me a scenario here.

 

[Carcharodon]

Only if that life is my own.

 

[StorminNorman]

Depends on the one and the billion.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Only if that life is my own.

What if your family were included in the billion that would die without a sacrifice? I mean would you kill some stranger to save your life and your entire family's life and a billion other people?

 

[Carcharodon]

What if your family were included in the billion that would die without a sacrifice? I mean would you kill some stranger to save your life and your entire family's life and a billion other people?

Is the rule that I have to kill a stranger? I didn't think that was part of the scenario. I'd rather kill myself than some random other person.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Is the rule that I have to kill a stranger? I didn't think that was part of the scenario. I'd rather kill myself than some random other person.

Well... New rules. In this scenario you have to kill someone else, you cannot kill yourself.

 

[The Spawn]

The rules never said yourself...in fact, for those of you who are being difficult...I asked more questions giving more implications than needed.

sacrifice = remove from existence

 

[Carcharodon]

The rules never said yourself...

They didn't say you couldn't off yourself, though.

 

[The Spawn]

Because there are no rules.

 

[Carcharodon]

Then I would kill myself to save a billion others. That, to me, is worth it. Another person? I don't know...

 

[The Spawn]

See? That is an ok answer.

If you didn't include that last sentence, it would not have been an answer to this question.

 

[Cunning Stunts]

Tougher question: Would you sacrifice a billion to save one, if that one had a much higher purpose than the billion?

 

[Spyder07]

Of course i would sacrifice 1(Carcharodon) to save a billion(everyone else)

 

[Cunning Stunts]

Of course i would sacrifice 1(Carcharodon) to save a billion(everyone else)

Do you really have to carry that over into this thread?

 

[Carcharodon]

Of course i would sacrifice 1(Carcharodon) to save a billion(everyone else)

As long as a billion were actually being saved by my death, bring it.

 

[Spyder07]

As long as a billion were actually being saved by my death, bring it.

Its ok man i went back in time, in the time travel thread to save you.

 

[Carcharodon]

Its ok man i went back in time, in the time travel thread to save you.

Oh man, I was worried for just a sec.

 

[The Spawn]

My original question was going to be billion sacrificed for one, but people woulda found that complicated.

 

[Majic Walrus]

I would sacrifice a billion people for my daughter. When you think about that it's actually pretty amazing. I would remove China from the face of the planet for my daughter.

 

[bullets]

I would so like to be responsible for the death of a billion people . That would be the blunder of all blunders. So the next time someone feels sorry for themself I can tell them
"you think you messed up , look what i did."

 

[Pioline]

Either everyone matters or no-one matters.