Would you die instead of having 10 other people die?

[JDrake]

Would you rather have yourself live or have 10 random people whom you don't know die instead?
What if the number was 10,000?


(question stolen from that personality survey)

 

[EyeMWing]

I > *
So long as I can be reasonably assured that certain people close to me are not in the random lot, I'll stay alive, thx.

 

[Geekbabe]

I have trouble deciding what I'd like for lunch

 

[Eli]

The number wouldn't matter, my answer would be the same.

I guess I'm selfish.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Without hesitation.

 

[rhino56]

depends on if it was people i wanted to kill or not anyways.

 

[uhohs]

probably. hope some mass murderer or some psycho isn't one of the 10 though.

 

[JujuFish]

I would.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Without hesitation.

for both #s?

Originally posted by: Eli
The number wouldn't matter, my answer would be the same.

I guess I'm selfish.

I think I'm the same, unless I was an old hag, had already made peace with God, etc, etc

 

[Itchrelief]

No, not for random people.

Anyhow, it's pretty easy to say you'd say that you'd die for other people in theory, without having a gun to your head. IMO, it doesn't mean jack until someone's holding a loaded gun to your head and asks.

 

[Epic Fail]

I would let 10 people die to stop repost.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Really depends on the people. 10 politicians? Fvck 'em.

 

[intogamer]

What makes 10,000 lives worth any more than my life?

 

[Injury]

It's all circumstantial.

 

[ruffilb]

Kill me either way.

 

[krazzypanda]

If you get lucky maybe everyone of the 10 or 10,000 people might be rapist/ psychos at risk.... so I guess I rather live...

 

[TallBill]

Who cares?

 

[arcenite]

Random people, no probably not... people close to me... maybe. I can't say without having to actually do it...

 

[middlehead]

Originally posted by: Eli
The number wouldn't matter, my answer would be the same.

 

[eits]

no.
yes.

 

[DainBramaged]

It would depend on who it was, but as a general rule, no.

 

[LanceM]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
It would depend on who it was, but as a general rule, no.

Bingo. I'd die to save my fiancee but pretty much no one else, no matter how many people. Unless this was actually started at 100% my own fault, of course.

 

[RapidSnail]

The life of one individual is worth that of all human kind, and all human kind is worth the life of one individual.

 

[Azurik]

I'm selectively moral, so no, I would not die instead of having X number of people die.

 

[her209]

I shoot the 10 myself! :shocked: