Should We Kill Bill?
Note this is an unbiased article with no personal opinions in any form and is simply an extension of question one upon this page: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7739493.stm. And I just want to get some of your views on the subject, for common interest and curiosity. There is no right or wrong answer and I do have my own ideas, but I don’t want them to affect yours.
“Should We Kill Healthy People For Their Organs?”
"Suppose Bill is a healthy man without family or loved ones. Would it be ok painlessly to kill him if his organs would save five people, one of whom needs a heart, another a kidney, and so on? If not, why not?
Consider another case: you and six others are kidnapped, and the kidnapper somehow persuades you that if you shoot dead one of the other hostages, he will set the remaining five free, whereas if you do not, he will shoot all six. (Either way, he'll release you.)
If in this case you should kill one to save five, why not in the previous, organs case? If in this case too you have qualms, consider yet another: you're in the cab of a runaway tram and see five people tied to the track ahead. You have the option of sending the tram on to the track forking off to the left, on which only one person is tied. Surely you should send the tram left, killing one to save five.
But then why not kill Bill?"
-BBC Magazine
It’s World Philosophy Day every year on the 20th November and sometimes it’s questionable whether we think and argue enough? If someone says something, do you question them if it’s what you believe? Philosophy literally means ‘the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics’, and where would we be without it?
Humans are inquisitive and we all have personal thoughts, opinions and more.
But my question is: should we kill Bill?.
“Should We Kill Healthy People For Their Organs?”
"Suppose Bill is a healthy man without family or loved ones. Would it be ok painlessly to kill him if his organs would save five people, one of whom needs a heart, another a kidney, and so on? If not, why not?
Consider another case: you and six others are kidnapped, and the kidnapper somehow persuades you that if you shoot dead one of the other hostages, he will set the remaining five free, whereas if you do not, he will shoot all six. (Either way, he'll release you.)
If in this case you should kill one to save five, why not in the previous, organs case? If in this case too you have qualms, consider yet another: you're in the cab of a runaway tram and see five people tied to the track ahead. You have the option of sending the tram on to the track forking off to the left, on which only one person is tied. Surely you should send the tram left, killing one to save five.
But then why not kill Bill?"
-BBC Magazine
It’s World Philosophy Day every year on the 20th November and sometimes it’s questionable whether we think and argue enough? If someone says something, do you question them if it’s what you believe? Philosophy literally means ‘the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics’, and where would we be without it?
Humans are inquisitive and we all have personal thoughts, opinions and more.
But my question is: should we kill Bill?.
Don't kill Bill.
tbh I think if the world is making something happen, we shouldn't interfere with that. I hate the idea of killing people for their organs because some person has a problem with there body. I don't think...sorry no I hate this. What selfish person pressures someone into sacrificing there life so that person can give there body parts to a couple of other people ?
Though I agree that if that person wants to die then let 'em be. But then there is suicide and euthanasia (or however it's spelt) it's just a really touchy subject tbh.
icegirl., November 21st, 2008 at 10:12:36pm
Don't kill Bill.
We have no right to sacrafice a man like that, just because 5 people are waiting for organs. While it may sound cruel, I wouldn't sacrafice my own life or Bill's life to keep those 5 people alive.
Why?
Why would I want to end my life like that? People can say that they'd sacrafice their lives, but the reality is that a lot of them people only say so because it's a rhetorical question. Opinions change just as fast as they came when faced with a realistic situation.
That's just my opinion on it, anyway.
Hardcore Chords, November 20th, 2008 at 08:22:33pm
it depends, is Bill a good guy or a bad guy? And what about the other 5? How do they measure up? Just because somebody doesn't have family doesn't mean they deserve to die to save a few other people they never knew.
Addison Dewitt, November 20th, 2008 at 07:14:13pm
Yeah, I agree. It's all up to the person who in question would die. If it were up to me, I'd be willing to sacrifice myself to save 5 lives, but it depends on the person.
Medically, on the first one I'd say there's not logical reason to kill a man for his organs when there's a donor list. But ethically, I think it's all up to the person who would die.
This is a cool blog. :)
Tyler Durden, November 20th, 2008 at 05:28:37pm
i think it depends, really. i think if "bill" doesn't want to live or agrees to dying to save others, than yes. but i think he should decide or agree to it by evaluating all the facts and deciding for himself.
get famous, November 20th, 2008 at 05:17:57pm
I'd say kill Bill. You shouldn't let 5 die because of 1 person.
In My Insanity, November 20th, 2008 at 05:12:32pm
KILL BILL
Kill Bill to save lives.
TO BE DELETED, November 20th, 2008 at 04:11:04pm