Comments on: Would you be tempted by $10,000,000.00?

By: idealist

idealist — Sun, 01 May 2011 20:24:00 +0000

I would take the $. Not because I would want to save others lives, but because I realize that both of the options are selfish. If you take the money, you are selfish(obviously) because you are willing to sacrifice someone else’s life to get some money, HOWEVER taking the key is a selfish option as well. You want what is best for yourself because you are looking at a long-term goal of getting to heaven, as well as escaping the feeling of guilt that would come with taking the money. Secondly, our society only has “morals” as we call them because they have suited our genetic needs. Had the early humans been able to thrive by being “greedy” , greed would be morally acceptable. Since society has changed so rapidly since those early ages, many of these evolutionary benefits no longer exist(i.e. not being greedy) and therefore, greed SHOULD be acceptable, and will be given enough time. Since I would benefit more from the money, disregarding (illogical) morals in my reasoning, I would take the money.

By: I love myself

I love myself — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:20:00 +0000

I would take the money and spend it all on myself. I mean really, I don’t understand how all these people have such strong morals. And even if I did end up dying from the button, I’m already obsessed with the fact that I am going to die no matter what I do. The risk is worth it.

I’m really self-centered, if you didn’t notice.

By: Dustin Santos

Dustin Santos — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:30:00 +0000

i wouldn’t take someone’s life. fuck it, i’m used to being broke already. my ninja jesus training provides a “spider sense” when it comes to the devil’s trickery…

By: Titus-Armand

Titus-Armand — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:02:00 +0000

That’s true, but in the realm of supposition it is also possible that your greed won’t kill you and you’ll enjoy every penny that came out of it.

By: Jsbauman

Jsbauman — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:34:00 +0000

Don’t push the button! Without looking at the film, I am reminded of a fact that comes up all the time: Beware of anything that is too good to be true! Suppose that the one who pushes the button is also the one who will “randomly” be killed if the button is pressed? After all, that would make the “murder” a virtual suicide and the money would not really have to be “permanently” paid to a corpse now would it. Such a situation would be the same as being killed by your own greed. No “murder” actually takes place only another “regrettable” suicide. Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

By: Live Answering Service

Live Answering Service — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:46:00 +0000

I wouldn’t push the button. I’m sure I could have a great time with a briefcase filled with millions of dollars, but I wouldn’t be able to enjoy it if it came from essentially killing someone.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:21:03 +0000

The fact that the money will be used to save other people’s lives doesn’t give a person the authority to decide on another persons right to live. It’s not about saving lives, its about taking lives.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:21:00 +0000

By: Kai

Kai — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:27:03 +0000

I would take the money, and use it to save the lives of more people, thus making up for the death. Easy.

By: Kai

Kai — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:27:00 +0000

I would take the money, and use it to save the lives of more people, thus making up for the death. Easy.

By: doubters

doubters — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:02:28 +0000

if the devil’s advocate werent so plainly viewed, i might have pushed the button.
logically, it is merely implied that the death may be someone other than who’s time was meant to expire.
Also, that if the advocate were a human, then he already had someone in mind that he wanted to kill- paying someone to push a button merely relieves him of the guilt, transferring it to the person “bought”.
But if said person merely pushed the button, then the murder fell to the buyer.
However, this case has nothing to do with logic, and everything to do with the Devil- his stake is not in the murder of someone who is merely an inconvenience to a mere mortal, but to prove that Humanity is prone to fall to its basest instincts for equally base purposes.
greed= murder.
In this case, what is at stake is the mortal soul of the person in the room- if it were me, i’d take the key.
someone said something about Authority- i have always questioned the basis of Authority, even before I read Whitman, Jeeferson and Franklin.
I have no doubt as to my conviction- the money was never meant for me.

By: doubters

doubters — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:02:00 +0000

By: Miguel

Miguel — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:15:23 +0000

I didn’t need to watch the video. I would have chosen the key under any circumstance. No amount of money is worth a human life, no matter how worthless you think that person is. Not even if it was guaranteed that it was a homeless bum on the the streets, that no one would likely miss?
Doesn’t matter how much in debt you’re in, how much more you need it than any other person in the world, or how small a sacrifice you think you’re making, we don’t have the right to decide weather someone lives or dies.

It’s one of the most fundamental rights every human being on earth has, the right of choice and free will. As soon as you take that right away from someone, you cease to be human yourself. Ironically the person making the offer turns out to be more ‘human’ the person making the decision.
And, as soon as the guy chooses the money and subsequently to kill someone else, he dies, he ceases to be human. Enforcing the theme.

For me this choice is a simple one, the key, without a second thought.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:15:00 +0000

For me this choice is a simple one, the key, without a second thought.

By: me

me — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:15:39 +0000

i would have pressed that button in a second. no convincing necessary. and i would’ve used it for me. am i evil? no way!
there are plenty of worthless lives or completely terrible human beings in a ratio much greater than good. A random life for 10 mil. that’s an easy choice. good bye. give me the money.