I’m curious, now, as to what nation or state you live in.
I live in Illinois. I am curious as to y you are curious.
Would you kill others (who were themselves also going to die if you did nothing) and allow yourself to die, if it would save people you cared about?
Probably. For instance, I would try to defend my wife/child from imminent physical harm even if it put me in a lot of danger. If that meant trying to kill someone then I would do that but in that case it would be justifiable and I probably wouldn’t go to prison if I survived.
what would your judgment of the rightfulness of carrying out the action yourself int he absence of democratic systems be?
I feel like we are doomed to talk about different things. I think you are talking about “morally right” which I don’t usually think about unless I am trying to convince someone to do something against their own interest. I observe that large democratic governments deliberately kill people all the time without consequence. I also observe that individuals have more trouble doing so. Consequently, I think that individuals trying to kill people is a bad idea. So its not right in the same sense that exercising a 60 delta call 3 mos from expiration is not right.
Why allow your opinions to be swayed by the emotional responses of others?
My opinions are unaffected but my actions might be. If I am telling jokes and everyone is staring at me stone faced I’m likely to stop.
Probably. For instance, I would try to defend my wife/child from imminent physical harm even if it put me in a lot of danger.
How many people you didn’t know would you equate to being “of equal concern” to you as one person you do know when deciding whether or not it’s worth it to risk your own life to save them? Please express this as a ratio—unknowns:knowns -- and then, if you like, knowns:loveds.
I live in Illinois. I am curious as to y you are curious.
Probably. For instance, I would try to defend my wife/child from imminent physical harm even if it put me in a lot of danger. If that meant trying to kill someone then I would do that but in that case it would be justifiable and I probably wouldn’t go to prison if I survived.
I feel like we are doomed to talk about different things. I think you are talking about “morally right” which I don’t usually think about unless I am trying to convince someone to do something against their own interest. I observe that large democratic governments deliberately kill people all the time without consequence. I also observe that individuals have more trouble doing so. Consequently, I think that individuals trying to kill people is a bad idea. So its not right in the same sense that exercising a 60 delta call 3 mos from expiration is not right.
My opinions are unaffected but my actions might be. If I am telling jokes and everyone is staring at me stone faced I’m likely to stop.
I imagine if you lived in Norway you would not be of that opinion.
What are Norwegian prisons like?
Yeah, that’s… what I was getting at. (Was this meant as a refutation somehow? I’m confused.)
How many people you didn’t know would you equate to being “of equal concern” to you as one person you do know when deciding whether or not it’s worth it to risk your own life to save them? Please express this as a ratio—unknowns:knowns -- and then, if you like, knowns:loveds.