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Poll
Question: Would you offer to die if you are absolutely sure it will save 1,000 lives of people not from your country that you don't know?
#1
Yes (D)		  
#2
No (D)		  
#3
Yes (R)		  
#4
No (R)		  
#5
Yes (Other)		  
#6
No (Other)		  
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Total Voters: 18

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Richard
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E: 8.40, S: 2.80
« on: February 06, 2005, 06:17:37 PM »
Would you?  And don't squabble over semantics please... Smiley

My answer is a resounding NO.


EDIT: Horrible sentence in the poll.  The 1,000 people will:
- not be from your country
- you will not know any of them, they will just be faces

And you will die immediately.
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Richard
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E: 8.40, S: 2.80
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2005, 08:45:15 PM »
Do you guys' answers change for:

-100 people?
-10 people?
-1 other person?

- a 50% chance to save one other person?
- a 20% chance?
- a 1% chance?
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Richard
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E: 8.40, S: 2.80
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2005, 08:48:33 PM »
Quote from: Jake on February 06, 2005, 08:46:55 PM
-100 Possibly yes
-10 doubt it
-1 not someone I didn't know
So you value your life to other's lives solely based on numbers?  Is there another factor?  What about 200?  Or 201?  Or 202?  Where is the breaking point?
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Richard
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« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2005, 08:49:27 PM »
Hmm, then why don't you commit suicide so that all your organs can be harvested, thus saving the lives of up to 5 or even more people?
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