If I ever did anything like this I would probably get randomly stopped by the police on my way to do the deed.
If I ever did anything like this I would probably get randomly stopped by the police on my way to do the deed.
It would all depend upon whether this hypothetical person was just someone I wanted to kill or if it was someone who needed killing.
Some people need killing, that's all I'm saying.
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ITT; ethical responses to semantic jokes.
Like Quin said, the question pre-supposes that I want to kill the person. So, if I definitely wanted to kill them, and there were no repercussions, then I definitely would. To really explore the question I think you need to get rid of, or restate, the "want" part of it.
I don't think I'd ever be in a position where I, in every sense imaginable, would want to kill someone. I can't morally justify asserting my own existence and simultaneously deny someone else's. Even if I were to take a consequentialist view, in which killing one person will almost certainly benefit others, I think I would question that action for the rest of my life. Not knowing whether or not it was right would be a punishment on its own, at least in my mind.
Yes, definitely. I think it's important to look at why one would be guilty, too. In my case, it's because I can't say with certainty that I'm worth keeping alive and the other person isn't. And if I'm killing the person for other people's benefit, I can't say whether or not it's worth subverting one person's right to life to meet that goal, regardless of the numbers involved.
KentaRawr... you are definitely worth keeping alive. I've seen you post plenty of times and I regard you as a legend.
All I'm saying is that no-one can see the future. It's easy to say that killing someone (in hindsight) might save thousands of lives. It could equally have the opposite effect...lets say Hitler died in 1942... then Goering and Himmler formed a coalition and took over the whole of Europe. Now I'm speaking to you in German? We just don't know!
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If you're the type of person to feel guilty after the fact what if you knew that after killing them you'd forget you did it and no one would even know it was you so you wouldnt have to deal with the consequence of guilt
again THAT is a consequence. You have been bestowed the knowledge of a five dimensional being that this will not happen. In this hypothetical you know something like this wont happen because there are NO consequences!All I'm saying is that no-one can see the future. It's easy to say that killing someone (in hindsight) might save thousands of lives. It could equally have the opposite effect...lets say Hitler died in 1942... then Goering and Himmler formed a coalition and took over the whole of Europe. Now I'm speaking to you in German? We just don't know!
If it was my government that said there'd be no consequences obviously I wouldnt kill anyone (and not just because I dont trust my government), but no consequences AT ALL implies that God or the Time Vortex touched your mind and you know that if you kill this person only good will come of it.
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Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
Have a nice day!!