moral dillema 3

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moral dillema 3

Post by Enforcer Talen »

you are the leader of a country. everyone there is near starvation level. to bring them to a modern level of poverty, and get an edge into improving your civilization, you need a vast amount of money. this entails the loss of 5 million lives, for whatever reason - do you do it, to provide for the other 95 mil?
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Post by Joe »

This isn't a realistic situation. Killing five million people isn't the only way to get money.
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Post by Enforcer Talen »

well, no. thats why its a hypothetical moral dillema.
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Post by Seggybop »

If it involves making nuclear bombs and selling them or using them to threaten people to give me food. that's cool.
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Post by Stormbringer »

Knock it off with the spam Talen.
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