moral question

[goofball]

There exists a person.

Tomorrow with 100% probability they will be slowly tortured to death. There is nothing you can do to prevent this.

You have the power to kill them painlessly today.

Do you?

[Stork]

Ask them first.

[Qwijibo]

Depends if I like the guy or not.

[SpeakEasy]

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Do you?

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Nah. Invite him to play you heads-up in poker.

[Token]

I thought I couldn't prevent it. If could kill them today...

[Scotch78]

There has yet to be a successful argument that proves pain is morally wrong. Until there is, I see no reason to "save" this person from their pain.

Scott

[disjunction]

Just out of curiousity, your post implies that you know of a successful argument that implies death is morally wrong. Would you be able to summarize it in a message board post?

[Scotch78]

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your post implies that you know of a successful argument that implies death is morally wrong.

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I do not know of such an argument. However, people tend to be very unwilling to part with this belief, so it's not usually productive to argue against it. When it comes to the moral value of pain though, it's possible to change someone's mind.

Scott

[Jazza]

under two conditions i would:

1) i wouldn't be punished for it

2) i am pretty sure (say 95%) that he would prefer to die this way

[dancraw]

Find someone that is willing to wager on whether or not this person will be tortured to death the next day. You should be able to get good odds. I mean...really..what are the odds that a random person will be tortured to death on a given day? Easy money man.