Is it morally okay to kill a man in order to save another? What about to save more than one?

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If you're saving only one person, no, but if you're saving multiple, yes
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If you're saving someone else, yes
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It's wrong to kill someone no matter who/how many people it might save
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👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑I don't know about this one. Who am I to say who should live and who should die? Even if its one man vs ten, it's as if I'd be forced to put a value n someone's life, and again, who am I to judge? Who am I to say "okay, Bill, you're life is worth as much as...hmmm lemme think...10 of these guys"? Ya know?

🎩Banter🎩Kill one life to save another isnt justified but to kill one to save many is

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@🎩Llew🎩 that's what I thought the general consensus would be, but apparently not

EthanI think that I've said this before, but your questions hurt my brain

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@Ethan haha yes you have

Sarah(FAM/PMS)I think that 1 life=1 life. Therefore, killing one to save another is not usually justifiable, but killing one for multiple people's lives is.

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑But some lives are worth more than others... It's like if there's 12 people who need a new heart but only one heart to give out, you wouldn't say "oh we'll everyone's lives are equal, so I'll choose by random", you'd do an extensive background check and put together all the factors to make a decision. But should we mortals really be making these judgement calls in the first place, or is this beyond us? Is it fair to put that much power in someone's hands? Ooooo

Sarah(FAM/PMS)Give the heart to the person who signed up for a new one first? I think it just has to happen sometimes. A choice has to be made, otherwise 12 will die when 1 could have lived.

Sarah(FAM/PMS)And sometimes, the ones who die choose that. Like, someone who will take the place of others (shove them out of the way of a car or something).

Ethan@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 there are equations for those type of things that determine who gets a transplant first

Sarah(FAM/PMS)@Ethan that's just one situation. There's 5 people in a house on fire. Who gets saved first, while the last person saved could die? Also there's that one part in Saw I think.

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@Sarah True, a choice does have to be made for the better good because since someone is being saved and no one is being hurt, you can at least agree it's best to give it to someone. Whereas this question is about murder, and whether or not it's worth it to save someone is debatable

Sarah(FAM/PMS)Yeah, but what type of situation would apply to this? 1 life would still = 1 life though.

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@Sarah if one life seemly equals one life, than the life of an ant and the life of a person would be equally valuable...even one person and another's lives aren't equal. I'd gladly die for a lot of people because they're of more value to the world

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@❤Josie❤ fair enough

maya:D@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 it depends which person is a bigger ass hole

janeyhonestly idk

TomFeltononly if ur defending urself I think that is it? I dunno

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@TomFelton Okay, that makes sense. There's no right or wrong answer it's your opinion :)

Lonesomeghostsno it's suicide basically which mean UNDERWORLD

🎩Banter🎩@💙NerdyKitty💙 do u even know what suicide is? This is murder you fool

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@💙NerdyKitty💙 1. Killing someone else isn't suicide 2. Just because you may go to hell for doing something according to the bible, doesn't make it morally wrong. 3. This question is supposed to make you think, not restate something someone told you in Sunday school. Can you form your own opinion and share that instead? It'd be appreciated.

EthanI'm not entirely convinced that you will go to hell if you commit suicide, but I still think that it's wrong

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@MarioEthan What's wrong? Suicide?

Ethan@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 yeah

Sakanaru Sure it happens all the time in the Battlefield

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@MarioEthan It's one of the most selfish acts possible, but I can't blame anyone who does it. For one, they tend to convince themselves that people will move on when they die or just not care at all, and therefore, don't realize how many people they're hurting. And if you're someone who is so brought down and hopeless that you not only lost the will to live, but actually /crave/ death, I don't blame you; I pity you.

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@🏈Sakanaru🏈 True, but war is pretty fucked up tbh

Sarah(FAM/PMS)@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 how are you suppose got deal with people (like terrorist groups) who are fucked up in the head without war?

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@Sarah Well yea, it's necessary. On a large scale if you think about war it's fine, but the individual battles are just horrible... I mean the soldiers are just average blokes, they don't deserve to die, so killing them with your own hands is morally wrong

Sarah(FAM/PMS)@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 true. Are you British? I'm wondering because "bloke" is a term from Britain, right?

Sakanaru@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 Yea but what can we do?😓

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@Sarah I'm an American who likes using British slang ^.^

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@🏈Sakanaru🏈 Nothing really 😔 tis a shame

Sarah(FAM/PMS)@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 oh lol.

Sakanaru@Sarah Fancy tea & crumpets?☕️🍪

Sarah(FAM/PMS)@🏈Sakanaru🏈 lol I'm not British. I'm Pennsylvanian. 😄 never had a crumpet, but they've always sounded good.

🎩Banter🎩Crumpets are nice

Sarah(FAM/PMS)Good to know. I hope to visit London someday, and when I do, I will try some.

🎩Banter🎩just a warning the majority of londoners aren't posh, crumpet/scone eating people

Sakanaru@🎩Llew🎩 😂

Sarah(FAM/PMS)@🎩Llew🎩 Probably. But they still have tea shops in London though, right?☕️

Sarah(FAM/PMS)@❤Josie❤ I like peppermint tea. And yeah, I figured many of you would be like Americans, but probably not as unhealthy and ignorant.

🎩Banter🎩hang on now, americans are like british just less evolved. U guys come from us, not the other way around. Most of the people who signed ur declaration were descended or moved from britain

Sarah(FAM/PMS)@🎩Llew🎩 lol I know that. I was saying Americans are probably less healthy and less educated (our schools suck).

🎩Banter🎩and ur health system sucks

Sarah(FAM/PMS)Yup. But we do have Philadelphia Cheesesteaks.

🎩Banter🎩we have a functioning society

Sarah(FAM/PMS)@🎩Llew🎩 yeah. You never hear about mass murdering psychopaths in Britain.

🎩Banter🎩thats cause we have gun laws

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑guns laws would be a bad idea at this point since they're already distributed and whatnot

SakanaruI'm glad we have guns😋

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑i want to learn how to shoot a gun... Actually nah bow and arrow would be cooler

Sarah(FAM/PMS)I've wanted to shoot a bow and arrow ever since I saw Legolas in Lord of the Rings as kid. 😂 It would be cool though.

Sakanaru@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 Its fun some gun ranges have rental bows that you can try out & theres instructors for that too.

👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑@🏈Sakanaru🏈 Ooo ima try that some time. My brother went to a shooting range a few months ago /without me/ and I was pretty pissed lol

Sakanaru@👑MirandaKnowsWhat'sUp👑 Yeah its fun I'd be pissed too if no one told me😋

Sakanaru@❤Josie❤ It can be fun with the proper shooting instructor

🎩Banter🎩im more of a pistol guy than a rifle or shotgun

EthanI usually use an assault rifle when I play Call of Duty

SakanaruThey say its better when you start young to develop discipline & firearm etiquette

Sakanaru@MarioEthan Me too😋

Sakanaru@🎩Llew🎩 Me too but its nice to have a weapon with some range too👍

MYsoul-isblack-without-uI wouldn't really care. Why should I bother to kill someone to save a person or people that I don't know? It's bot my problem.

MYsoul-isblack-without-uIf it was a relative or more than a couple relatives then yes. I'd kill him in a heart beat no problem, but if it's people or a person I don't know then I dont care.

MYsoul-isblack-without-u@❤Josie❤ Yea it is, but we live in a harsh world.