MORAL DILEMMAS

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MORAL DILEMMAS
IN 3 PARTS

PART I

Would you kill a person if it meant saving humanity?
How about if it meant saving a million people?
How about if it meant saving a thousand?
How about if it meant saving one?
How about if it meant saving a million of your worse enemies who only want to kill you?
How about if the person you had to kill to save humanity had the evil intentions of a Hitler and the means to carry them out?
How about if the person you had to kill to save humanity was your only child?
How about if you had to destroy humanity to save your only child?
How about if you had to kill yourself to save humanity?
How about if you had to kill yourself to save a million people?
How about if you had to kill yourself to save a thousand?
How about if you had to kill yourself to save one person?
How about if that one person you could save was your only child?


PART II

For "kill" in the above, substitute "torture" and redo where appropriate.
Such as:
Would you torture a person if it meant saving humanity?
Etc.


PART III

For "torture" in the above, substitute "reveal the secrets of" and redo where appropriate.
Such as:
Would you reveal the secrets of a person if it meant saving humanity?
Etc.


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