Would you kill 3 people to save a dying relative?

[Judas]

Just a kind of moral question;

If you 77 year old Mum was going to die in the next hour, would you press a button that would kill three people in the world to give her an extra 10 years of life?

[Smithy]

This reminds me of that film The Box. I hated that film

[GypsyGoth]

No I wouldn't.

However I would do it for a person I fell head over heels in love with.

[Ninastar]

Depends how old the people are and what they have and everything.

[Novo]

I would easily save my mother

[Judas]

Depends how old the people are and what they have and everything.

You wouldn't know - you would just press the button knowing three people would die.

[billy123]

yes and without a flicker of doubt.

[Ramsay]

stupid question of course id save my mum

[Stacey.]

Yeah I would. But it'd depend who the other three people were that got killed.

[Ninastar]

You wouldn't know - you would just press the button knowing three people would die.

I'm not sure, but I think I agree with Claudia.


this question makes me depressed

[Scarlett.]

I've lost my mum, at the time I wouldn't have killed three people, now I wouldn't kill three people

[Jords]

Yes I would unless she told me otherwise.

[Vicky.]

The main problem here is..the three people could be people you know.

Say you push the button, it saves your mum, but kills your brother, sister, and partner.

Im not sure, if my mum was that old. For my sister (who is 20) I would do it in a heartbeat.

[Benjamin]

Let mother die.

[Novo]

The main problem here is..the three people could be people you know.

Say you push the button, it saves your mum, but kills your brother, sister, and partner.

Im not sure, if my mum was that old. For my sister (who is 20) I would do it in a heartbeat.

Almost impossible though if it's just 3 random people in the world that are going to die

[Twilight]

The main problem here is..the three people could be people you know.

Say you push the button, it saves your mum, but kills your brother, sister, and partner.

Im not sure, if my mum was that old. For my sister (who is 20) I would do it in a heartbeat.

This.

[Scarlett.]

Who cares if it's three random people?

Those three random people are people with families, just like you, taking them away just for your own happiness is selfish

[Novo]

Who cares if it's three random people?

Those three random people are people with families, just like you, taking them away just for your own happiness is selfish

True but i'd feel more guilty letting my mum die knowing i could have saved her then being responsible for the deaths of three people i don't know.

[Judas]

It's quite a depressing question. I would like to take the moral high ground and say I would let nature happen, and my Mother die and the 3 people live. However, that said I don't think I would be able to let my Mum die if she was in a good physical and mental condition obviously due to my emotional attachment.

That said, killing the three people is inevitably murder and I would live knowing I killed 3 people to add 10 years on to someone elses life. Of course, these people could of been close to death themselves. Or, they could of held the cure for cancer, global warming or another huge dilemna that faces society.

I suppose this kind of question puts you as 'God' - deciding the fate of individuals, and it's quite daunting.

Although I really would like to say I would let the 3 strangers live, I think if my mum was still able bodied and minded my own personal selfishness would come through - although I think the debt of that death would weigh heavy on my conscience.

[Vicky.]

Almost impossible though if it's just 3 random people in the world that are going to die

True I guess. But still a really tiny chance that it would be someone else you were close to

[Tom.]

Yeah, and hope it wipes out a small family instead

[MTVN]

No I wouldnt, I dont think I would even kill 1 person tbh. If my Mum is 77 then she'll have lived a long life anyway, and it will be a natural end for her, I'm not going to take the lives of three people to prevent that.

[Princess]

I couldn't kill 3 people. That could be a kid or someone's young husband or a kid's mum,or whatever. I couldn't do it. And if my mum was going to die and was in pain well that's awful but being in pain is awful too.

[Boothy]

True but i'd feel more guilty letting my mum die knowing i could have saved her then being responsible for the deaths of three people i don't know.

This.

If all I had to do was press a button, I wouldn't even think twice about it.

[Mystic Mock]

i would never kill 3 innocent people.

[Mystic Mock]

what if you was one of them 3 people that was gonna die just because you tried to save your mother? thats another reason i would never do it.

[MTVN]

what if you was one of them 3 people that was gonna die just because you tried to save your mother? thats another reason i would never do it.

I think you'd probably take your chances with odds of 6,000,000,000 to 1

[Mystic Mock]

I think you'd probably take your chances with odds of 6,000,000,000 to 1

theres still a chance it could happen which is dangerous imo.

edit.. i know it isnt real lol.

[MTVN]

theres still a chance it could happen which is dangerous imo.

edit.. i know it isnt real lol.

It's probably more likely that you'll die tomorrow than you be the one out of 6 billion people who dies from pushing the button

[bananarama]

The moral or perhaps the only civilised answer would be to allow fate to take it's cause......We should have no right to cause other people misery to save ourselves from misery......Selfish evil and barbaric it would be be to sacrifice others for personal gain.

[Tom4784]

I wouldn't do it personally, You'd be passing on that pain and grief to a lot of other people. Also imagine if you were the one who was saved, knowing that you're alive because three other people died in your place. The guilt would be suffocating.

[InOne]

Nah, everyone will die eventually anyway. Doesn't actually matter when you go.

[bananarama]

For those that said "yes" they would kill three people....Would you include yourselves as one of the three......and be either a coward or a hero..........!!!!!!!