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[Ask the Gulch] Would you personally sacrifice your life if it meant saving all the people on planet earth?

Posted by Solver 5 years, 6 months ago to Ask the Gulch

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Posted by fivedollargold 5 years, 6 months ago

In theory, yes.

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Posted by Temlakos 5 years, 6 months ago

Given that "all" definitely includes someone, or several someones, I love, yes.

Given that this is likely an emergency, yes. Rand herself said emergencies have an ethic completely different from everyday life.

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Posted by 25n56il4 5 years, 6 months ago

Certainly not. I'd find a solution.

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Posted by qhrjk 5 years, 6 months ago

If it's out of self-interest.
So- no, I wouldn't.

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  Posted by Commander 5 years, 6 months ago
  
  Self interest changes with circumstance. The purpose of life is continuity. Life continues through intake and process of energy, and progeny. If / when you have kids......this may change.
  
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    Posted by qhrjk 5 years, 6 months ago
    
    I agree with you completely! On my original post I was going to say "at the moment: no" but thought it wasn't necessary. Self interest changes and my answer might as well.
    
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  Posted by MikeMarotta 5 years, 6 months ago
  
  How do you define your self interest? What kind of life will you live, and for how long, if everyone else is dead?
  
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    Posted by qhrjk 5 years, 6 months ago
    
    What kind of life will I live if I'm dead?
    
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    Posted by ewv 5 years, 6 months ago
    
    What kind of life would you live where choices are divorced from causality and reality has no role in formulating questions like this?
    
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Posted by exceller 5 years, 6 months ago

No.

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  Posted by MikeMarotta 5 years, 6 months ago
  
  No wife, no kids, no dog or cat, just you... OK. And when you are gone, then what, given that by your choice, you killed 6.5 billion people?
  
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    Posted by exceller 5 years, 6 months ago
    
    Solver asked a rhetorical question. You can't answer rhetorical questions logically.
    
    It does not work that way.
    
    Especially since you are Implying it was me who killed the population of the planet, whereas the initial question was an either/or alternative.
    
    It is the methodology of the left. Projecting and blaming when there is no foundation for either.
    
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Posted by MikeMarotta 5 years, 6 months ago

What is the tolerance or certainty here? I would like to know if only because I cannot view the final outcome.
(Will everyone know I did it? Or will my sacrifice be anonymous? Just asking...)
But accepting the challenge as stated in simple terms, my answer is yes.

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  Posted by Olduglycarl 5 years, 6 months ago
  
  So long as you get a numbered T Shirt on the wall for us to remember you by?.....Laughing
  
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Posted by edweaver 5 years, 6 months ago

No

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  Posted by MikeMarotta 5 years, 6 months ago
  
  Care to explain, old man?
  
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    Posted by edweaver 5 years, 6 months ago
    
    What good would I do myself or any of my family being dead? I may die defending myself, my family or a friend but wouldn't ever consider sacrificing myself for anyone.
    
    Not sure I should have replied, given the old man comment. :)
    
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