Rocketman
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Basically, do you believe in sacrificing yourself for the survival of a large group you don't know? Yourself in exchange for 10,000 people you've never met?
Example: The earthquake in Japan. Imagine you didn't personally know a single soul over there (most likely you don't). If you could go back in time and prevent the entire catastrophe from happening by simply letting yourself die, would you do it?
Are you more important than a thousand people you don't know? Are they expendable simply because you don't know them?
It's a moral dilemma of course, but add one more log to the fire: If it was all of your best friends and close family members in one room, with a bomb about to go off, would you sacrifice yourself in order for them to live? Would it be worth your loved ones living if you wouldn't be around to enjoy their company?
This is an issue I personally can't make a decision on. I have no clue what I would do if the scenario actually happened. It's outrageous and would never happen realistically, but the philosophical "What if?" factor of it disturbs me... and I think it's a pretty good reflection of our society and how we view ourselves and the world.
I'm assuming that most people would choose to live. But then if you choose to live, could you get over the guilt of knowing that you lived and 10,000 others died? How would you get through each day, especially on the days where you sit around and do nothing and be lazy? Wouldn't you feel like 10,000 others died so you could sit and watch TV? Man, I have NO IDEA how to answer this question.
Example: The earthquake in Japan. Imagine you didn't personally know a single soul over there (most likely you don't). If you could go back in time and prevent the entire catastrophe from happening by simply letting yourself die, would you do it?
Are you more important than a thousand people you don't know? Are they expendable simply because you don't know them?
It's a moral dilemma of course, but add one more log to the fire: If it was all of your best friends and close family members in one room, with a bomb about to go off, would you sacrifice yourself in order for them to live? Would it be worth your loved ones living if you wouldn't be around to enjoy their company?
This is an issue I personally can't make a decision on. I have no clue what I would do if the scenario actually happened. It's outrageous and would never happen realistically, but the philosophical "What if?" factor of it disturbs me... and I think it's a pretty good reflection of our society and how we view ourselves and the world.
I'm assuming that most people would choose to live. But then if you choose to live, could you get over the guilt of knowing that you lived and 10,000 others died? How would you get through each day, especially on the days where you sit around and do nothing and be lazy? Wouldn't you feel like 10,000 others died so you could sit and watch TV? Man, I have NO IDEA how to answer this question.
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