Would You Kill a Stranger For a Billion Dollars?

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Would You Kill a Stranger For a Billion Dollars?

Posted by ManVsDebt 802 days ago, popular 802 days ago (http://manvsdebt.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: morality values greater good

I was recently asked this question. When I actually contemplated the "greater good" elements of the question, I was fascinated by how big of influence the inclusion of money had over my values. Check out the video and let me know your thoughts.

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JoeTaxpayer 802 days ago

Hey, I'd like to kill some people I know for free!

(Disclaimer - I am half joking - I do not actually intend to do anyone harm, nor direct anyone else to do harm to anyone I know. If any actual harm occurs, it was not my doing.)

JohnsonG 802 days ago

Not even for a trillion. Firstable I would live with guilt, it is a huge sin, therefore I would still lose all that money anyways. Second I don't want to be millionaire or a billionaire, I just want to live a normal life, with normal amount of money :D

ryanpaulsmith 802 days ago

I love these hypotheticals! You try to rationalize it with all the good you can do in the world with that kind of money, but would you ever be able to enjoy any of it yourself?

chrimart 802 days ago

Just one person? Absolutely.

furball4 802 days ago

If anyone says yes and claims it's out of altruism, then they should also say yes to killing *themselves* for a billion dollars, as long as they can more or less dictate how it is to be spent.

RichardLinx 801 days ago

I wouldn't do it. I'm not exactly sure how I would react, especially if the money was presented in cash right in front of me. I would probably be tempted for a moment, but ultimately I wouldn't be able to do it. Not because one religion or other classifies it as a sin (murder) that would put me in hell for eternity, but simply because as a human being and the way I've been brought up would leave me with so much guilt to the point I would want to kill myself as a result.

Or so I believe.

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