sinking boat

LookingToSee —

you have the power to either save your brother from the sinking ship, or save all of the other people on the boat except your brother.


discuss.


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ethics

Jack the Ripper — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 - 10:13

I'd save the pretty cabaret dancer...


TPOS — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 - 16:50

Apparently it's very easy for psychopaths to make such decisions.


Anyway, Why can't you save everyone incl your brother? 😛


TPOS — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 - 16:58

It seems like an easy decision to make - ofcourse the rest of the people. But if I was actually in that position, who knows...


You — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 - 18:38

Can we cheat by making one of them be imaginary?


Either the brother.... or the others.. or even the boat.


Bilan — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 - 22:52

but u dont know the other people! i woulda thought that the brother would be the obvious choice. but it doesnt rlly feel selfish to me (yet anyways)


Foysol89 — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 - 23:20

Quite the predicament indeed.


If you saved everyone else how could you live with letting your brother die. I mean how are you gonna face your mother and what if he had a wife and kids. You'd be hating yourself every time you saw his kids and now they'd be struggling to make ends meet and it's all because of you.


However if you saved your brother you'd have a lot more guilty concience from the relatives of theirs. They're bound to have kids and other responsibilities. How many lives are you willing to ruin?


You're the worst person in the world whatever you do.


Im not getting on this stupid boat to begin with


TPOS — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 - 23:24

[quote=Foysol89]


Im not getting on this stupid boat to begin with[/quote]

😂 But you won't know it's gna happen. It might be a bus instead...


LookingToSee — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 - 22:06

[quote=Foysol89]


Im not getting on this stupid boat to begin with[/quote]


(Y)


loving the way the discussion is actually HAPPENING!


yep, im hoping my bro would have wanted me to save the rest of the boat. coz he's THAT cool you see? (being my bro and all)


Bilan — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 - 22:12

[quote=Lilly][quote=Foysol89]


Im not getting on this stupid boat to begin with[/quote]


(Y)


loving the way the discussion is actually HAPPENING!


yep, im hoping my bro would have wanted me to save the rest of the boat. coz he's THAT cool you see? (being my bro and all)[/quote]


who ya kidding??? WHO ya kidding????


and why does everyone have different times on their posts????????! :shock:


Bilan — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 - 22:40

noooooooooo! some of the posts were running ahead of my own clock. enough to freak out anyone i tell ya!


Bilan — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 - 23:30

but if you just saved urself and im assuming ur not talking in general but about u specifically, does that not mean that you would upset the balance of good/evil big-time???? so better not hey?? :p


LookingToSee — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 - 06:51

[quote=MuslimBro]Can you just save yourself and no-one else?[/quote]


you'll be able to save yourself in any case. but you have a choice (assuming your goodness extents that far) to also save your brother (think about your little brother!) or the rest of the boat (loads of people to do dawah to, i promise! no salafis, and cause you save them, higher chance of them being interested in Islam, if you let them die, their last thought might be quite a negative one towards Islam)


Bilan — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 - 12:29

[quote=Lilly]If you dont save anyone. Can you sentenced to murder? (or homicide)?[/quote]


no, i dont think you can be, but if i WAS gonna save the people on the boat i dont think i woulda done it cos of Dawah....


You — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 - 14:30

No witnesses, so not much evidence to convict you.


For me, it would be easy, since any sibling would be imaginary, I save the rest.


TPOS — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 - 16:15

[quote=Lilly][quote=MuslimBro]Can you just save yourself and no-one else?[/quote]


you'll be able to save yourself in any case. but you have a choice (assuming your goodness extents that far) to also save your brother (think about your little brother!) or the rest of the boat (loads of people to do dawah to, i promise! no salafis, and cause you save them, higher chance of them being interested in Islam, if you let them die, their last thought might be quite a negative one towards Islam)[/quote]

LOL


But I agree with Bilan - If I was to save the others it wouldn't be cuz I wana do dawah to them. (Why can't they be Muslim anyway? lol)


And I don't think their last thoughts would be of Islam being bad or whatever.


Because in such a time, people forget their differences and come together and help each other. It doesn't matter if you're brown, white or yellow, English or not.

THERE ARE PEOPLE DYING, YOU MUST TRY AND SAVE THEM. Whoever you can.


Bilan — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 - 16:27

if this is you tryna back track ur racist ways..it AINT gonna happen haha! :twisted:


Foysol89 — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 - 17:40

[quote=bilan]if this is you tryna back track ur racist ways..it AINT gonna happen haha! :twisted:[/quote]


😂 You're never gonna let that go are ya?


TPOS — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 - 18:48

I just wanted to let you know that you're hurting my feelings 🙁


LookingToSee — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 - 19:39

[quote=ThE pOwEr Of SiLeNcE]I just wanted to let you know that you're hurting my feelings :([/quote]

oh gawd..i see the link


can someone fill me in the racist stuff?


and my last post was really specifically targeted at MB. the whole dawah stuff, he wears the thawb, the beard = Islam, represents Islam. letting people die= doesnt look nice..


btw: disclaimer: i aint a salafi. Im just not a hanafi/hanbali/shafi'i/maliki/etc.. either.


LookingToSee — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 - 14:16

[quote=MuslimBro][quote=Lilly]..he wears the thawb..[/quote]

That is questionable.[/quote]


fine.