The Value of Human Life (a poll for BigSooner)

[hmkpoker]

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It's really sad how far I'm willing to go to prove people's stupidity to them [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Stupid? Doubtful. Naive? Maybe. If this is an accurate representation of people's feelings, then it certainly illustrates the moral decline that seems to be accelerating of late. I've always said that man's biggest deficiency is selfishness and this certainly reflects that.

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No, it simply suggests that there is more to the value of human life than quantity.

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It has nothing to do with quantity. It has to do with killing innocent people, which I thought most people would think is wrong. It doesn't matter if it is one child or ten million children.

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So a random innocent child's life is worth more to you than the most important person in your life?

[BigSoonerFan]

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So a random innocent child's life is worth more to you than the most important person in your life?

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Of course not, and that has nothing to do with it. Do you know what the definition of murder is? Do you even think that murder is morally wrong?

[hmkpoker]

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Of course not, and that has nothing to do with it. Do you know what the definition of murder is? Do you even think that murder is morally wrong?

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Gun to my brother's head, and a way to take it away that involves no negative consequence to me or anyone I care about...morality doesn't seem to matter much here, does it?

I've proposed a tough choice. Assuming that you must choose, what life(s) is more valuable to you? The answer shocks you, and various forms of the question will eventually prove that the value of life is relative and depends on many factors.

And you, on at least five occasions, have avoided answering the question.

[BigSoonerFan]

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Of course not, and that has nothing to do with it. Do you know what the definition of murder is? Do you even think that murder is morally wrong?

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Gun to my brother's head, and a way to take it away that involves no negative consequence to me or anyone I care about...morality doesn't seem to matter much here, does it?


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Certainly it does. You're committing murder.

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I've proposed a tough choice. Assuming that you must choose, what life(s) is more valuable to you? The answer shocks you, and various forms of the question will eventually prove that the value of life is relative and depends on many factors.

And you, on at least five occasions, have avoided answering the question.

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No avoidance here. I've stated five times that if you can't figure out the answer from my posts, then you must be mentally challenged. Is there some kind of followup trap question you want to pose?

[hmkpoker]

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Certainly it does. You're committing murder.

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Irrelevant. Choose yes, someone dies. Choose no, someone dies. Which is the lesser of two evils?

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No avoidance here. I've stated five times that if you can't figure out the answer from my posts, then you must be mentally challenged. Is there some kind of followup trap question you want to pose?

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Make that six. Considering what an idiot I've already made of you, you're in no position to call me mentally challenged [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[BigSoonerFan]

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Certainly it does. You're committing murder.

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Irrelevant. Choose yes, someone dies. Choose no, someone dies. Which is the lesser of two evils?

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It isn't irrelevant. It's still called murder.

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No avoidance here. I've stated five times that if you can't figure out the answer from my posts, then you must be mentally challenged. Is there some kind of followup trap question you want to pose?

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Make that six. Considering what an idiot I've already made of you, you're in no position to call me mentally challenged [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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lol, sure you have.

[fuego527]

You honestly believe you made him look like an idiot?

BSF's point is rather simple, no matter what the consequence, murder is still wrong in the moral sense.

Your point is also pretty simple, that YOU (and many others as you speculated and have now demonstrated) would not take into account the moral implications as you would rather save your loved one.

These are both valid points, although yours is just a question of what a specific individual would do in a given situation and isn't general enough to be an interesting topic.

[hmkpoker]

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BSF's point is rather simple, no matter what the consequence, murder is still wrong in the moral sense.

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You do realize that if I don't act and save the one I love, I'm effectively murdering her, right?

[Dominic]

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So a random innocent child's life is worth more to you than the most important person in your life?

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Of course not, and that has nothing to do with it. Do you know what the definition of murder is? Do you even think that murder is morally wrong?

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what if your loved one went on to discover a cure for cancer? Is hitting the death ray still immoral?