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Would You Rather....? A Fun New Game by Jess!
injest:
MY first reaction (and the one I would do) is save the innocent person but thinking about it...isn't it better for one to die to save more? the needs of the many?
but I think the guilt would be too much....I couldn't do it..
and you have no way of knowing really that you have saved the many; the serial killer could die of a heart attack or get hit by a bus or something before he committed another crime.
optom3:
That is the most terrible dilemma. Is the sacrifice of one life, justified by the saving of more.
The other problem is, age would paly a role for me. If the death was that of an elderly, person in poor health,I would go with the loss of one for the greater good. If it was a child I would swing in the opposite direction.
It is a very clever question, but for me impossible to answer. I am going to abstain from this one !
David In Indy:
I've thought about it and thought about it, and I don't have an answer.
I think if I had to choose, I would probably save the individual and try to catch the serial killer later. Why? Because I figure if I saw the killer, I probably got a pretty good look at him. Later, I could go through the police files on the Internet and find his mug shot. If he (or she) is a serial killer, they have probably been arrested before for petty crimes. And their finger prints are probably on file too. Once I find the killers picture, I can find out the name and the address. Then after all of that, I can hopefully catch him or her. I would work very fast and hope I nap the killer before they have a chance to hurt anyone else.
In the meantime a life has been saved.
Also, I tend to react to what is in front of me. If I see a suffering person, my mind would be trained on helping that person and nothing else. I can't stand to see anyone suffer. The possibility of a serial killer killing someone at a later time would be very abstract to me. The person in front of me would be very real and my instincts would force me to help that person.
injest:
--- Quote from: DavidinIndy on January 14, 2009, 01:29:14 am ---I've thought about it and thought about it, and I don't have an answer.
I think if I had to choose, I would probably save the individual and try to catch the serial killer later. Why? Because I figure if I saw the killer, I probably got a pretty good look at him. Later, I could go through the police files on the Internet and find his mug shot. If he (or she) is a serial killer, they have probably been arrested before for petty crimes. And their finger prints are probably on file too. Once I find the killers picture, I can find out the name and the address. Then after all of that, I can hopefully catch him or her. I would work very fast and hope I nap the killer before they have a chance to hurt anyone else.
In the meantime a life has been saved.
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very logical!!
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