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Post by Wanderer on Jan 12, 2020 3:11:01 GMT
An interesting question that come to my mind recently :
Is it evil to kill another persons child/friend to save the life/existence of ones own child/friend?
The question might look simple at the first hand however there seem to be several deep questions/truths buried in this one question.
I know its seems that it is not that "easy" to answer this question "simply", even though this question can be answered as a "yes/no" question.
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Post by Wanderer on Jan 12, 2020 4:28:47 GMT
I will try to learn to be more succinct in order for us to communicate more effectively.
What am I trying to express that it seems like evil and good is a "grey" area, no? A good person who loves people and hates evil, and by evil I mean any act which this hypothetical person sees to be damaging for himself and others.
However, like in the hypothetical question in which this good person might end up inside, like where for example he would have a dying child but the only way to save the child would be to kill another man's child. Would he do it? What is stronger his love for his child or his love for goodness and humanity in general?
What if a good portion of the people who people consider to be "evil" had their evil acts motivated by love for something/someone else? However, then we have the question, when exactly a certain/specific "love" can be a justification for someone doing an "evil" act`?
Of course, killing someone due to one's own love for money seems to be in no way justifiable. But what if this money is needed to save a friend's life for example?
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Post by Wanderer on Jan 12, 2020 4:47:36 GMT
If good and evil is subjective, the from the side of the benefit of the a particular individual, what matters is the well-being of yourself and then your friends/family and then your nation and then your race and then humanity, in the order of the "usual-way" peoples closeness to someone?
I put the individual at the very beginning of the "chain-of-importance" because without "you" there is no existence/reality, at least for You. Therefore what is the most important thing is the survival of You and thus your existence.
This is the most logical thinking it seems.
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Post by Immanuel on Jan 12, 2020 16:52:44 GMT
Really special questions.
To prioritize your own child for the sake of their survival is instinctive, that is just so all cards are on the table.
Multiple factors then count in on what is the lesser of two evils, and judging this is also awkwardly difficult. One factor is, which of the children is most promising of them and/or has the highest potential for Being, but this is seldom easy to judge and things may not be as they seem and misinterpretation is probably easily made.
If there is no way of seeing which one is most promising then there is also no cause to perform the murder in order to save your child. We cannot circumvent that trying to save your child greedily is instinctive too and many people would probably be biased by the bodily in the situation. It is being strong mentally to avoid giving in the instinct in times of distress and remaining rational then. Your dying child gives you no right to end the life of another for its sake.
My verdict is that you can never justify killing someone else's child in order to save your own, and if you do this is an instinctive act. Personally I would consider it to be a situation of testing your mind to expose you to it, and the best rational decision is to let your child die rather than ending another person's life.
Furthermore, even if the other person is evil while your close one is seemingly goodly, this still does not give you the right to replace the evil one's life for your next of kin. The problem lies in that you do not know the mental status of the evil person, this person may have made a misstep in life but is actually more developed than he/she seems. Yes, the problem is an evil person may be a disillusioned developed person who turns right eventually.
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Post by Wanderer on Jan 14, 2020 3:19:53 GMT
It seems that it is indeed hard to not succumb to the instinct!
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Post by Immanuel on Jan 14, 2020 9:14:45 GMT
The solution is very straightforward, but doing is difficult. There are so many things which call towards indulgence.
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