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An uncomfortable ethics question.
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RE: An uncomfortable ethics question.
Forced to chose the death of 10 random people or the death of myself?

Phffttt.... That's an easy one. The ten people would have to die.

Why? Because I am me. I do care a bit about the ten, I could care less about them. I COULD care less, I do care a bit. However I care about myself more. In the end, it's me who matters most to me.

I can't spread my highly valued genes if I am dead. Smile

I got an even better uncomfortable ethics question for you.

Here in the United States if an adult has sexual relations with a 13 year old you can be jailed and will be labeled for life as a "Child Molester". You would be considered immoral, a 'sick-o'. Some would even advocate a death penalty.

Now if you were to move to the country of Senegal, where the legal age of consent is 13 and had sexual relations with a 13 year old, are you still a "child molester"? Are you still immoral? A sick-o?

Or what about England? I hears the legal age of consent is 16 over there. Here in the U.S. you are looking at jail time and ostracization from the society. I would be an immoral, unethical pig to have such a relation with a 16 year old. What if I were to move to England? Would I still be an immoral, unethical pig? Why?

Morality and ethics are subjective. So while my answer to your ethics question may seem repugnant to you, it is subjectively reasonable to me. I live, I reproduce, universe keeps on spinning. If I die, then from my perspective the universe just ended. It stopped spinning.

I used to tell a lot of religious jokes. Not any more, I'm a registered sects offender.
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An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Tiberius - September 16, 2010 at 8:56 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Shell B - September 16, 2010 at 9:03 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by theVOID - September 16, 2010 at 9:08 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Watson - September 16, 2010 at 9:14 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by theVOID - September 16, 2010 at 9:29 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by ABierman1986 - September 16, 2010 at 9:26 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by krazedkat - September 16, 2010 at 10:07 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by ib.me.ub - September 17, 2010 at 4:08 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Rayaan - September 17, 2010 at 5:41 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Tiberius - September 17, 2010 at 6:32 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by lrh9 - September 17, 2010 at 8:16 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Paul the Human - September 17, 2010 at 8:41 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by solja247 - September 17, 2010 at 8:57 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by krazedkat - September 18, 2010 at 6:57 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by AtheistPhil - September 17, 2010 at 9:23 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Cego_Colher - September 17, 2010 at 2:58 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by IceSage - September 18, 2010 at 7:19 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by LastPoet - September 18, 2010 at 7:45 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Skipper - September 18, 2010 at 8:11 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by josh.niles - September 19, 2010 at 8:30 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Minimalist - September 19, 2010 at 9:05 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 20, 2010 at 12:12 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Dotard - September 20, 2010 at 10:30 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by downbeatplumb - September 20, 2010 at 1:11 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by leo-rcc - September 20, 2010 at 1:12 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by gargantuan - September 20, 2010 at 2:47 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 21, 2010 at 12:30 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by A Theist - September 21, 2010 at 6:10 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 21, 2010 at 6:31 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by gargantuan - September 21, 2010 at 8:58 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by A Theist - September 22, 2010 at 9:03 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Nitsuj - September 21, 2010 at 9:02 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Edwardo Piet - September 22, 2010 at 5:07 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by padraic - September 22, 2010 at 7:28 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by A Theist - September 23, 2010 at 9:09 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by josh.niles - September 23, 2010 at 8:56 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by The Omnissiunt One - September 25, 2010 at 6:12 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by ib.me.ub - September 26, 2010 at 9:07 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by R-e-n-n-a-t - October 1, 2010 at 9:35 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Violet - October 2, 2010 at 12:52 am
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by Ashendant - October 2, 2010 at 9:24 pm
RE: An uncomfortable ethics question. - by madferit - October 6, 2010 at 4:51 pm

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