Would You Kill To Save A Life?

Everything is based on the circumstance. Who am I saving? Who am I killing? Is it worth it to me to get rid of one person for that other? Very generally, being put in a situation like that forces me to make a very difficult decision in likely a very short about of time. (yeah very very very w/e) It's... hard to balance choices like that, especially when they're weighing people you likely care about.

Without knowing the circumstances, I could never be able to tell you which I'd do because whatever I'd do depends on everything... but, I can tell you that it'd be an incredibly difficult decision for me to make. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, after all.

It all depends. Two of the circumstances that would need to be taken into consider would be...

Who's life am I saving?
Who's life am I ending?

To be honest though I wouldn't end a life to save another unless maybe it was someone close to me. If that hypothetical situation ever arisen then what I hope that would happen is that the two people in question would decide, if possible, who would sacrifice their life.

If it was my life on the line I would kill my opponent if I had to. The battlefield is filled with chaos and madness. Ideally, I would just knock out my opponent but caught up in the bloody conflict, I may accidentally send my enemy to hell.

If someone elses life was on the line, depending on who they are, I would go to a certain length to try and save them.

It...it depends.
Who am I kidding, now. I hate violence. I try to stay away from trouble at school so I don't get into any fights, even when people are nasty to me. Hell I'm too scared to kill a spider--perfectly normal since I'm scared of them--there's no chance I could kill another human being, no matter what.

Sure. Don't much care for many others anyway.

Yeah, I would. If Buffy has taught me anything, it's that I'm a huge nerd sometimes sacrifices need to be made for the greater good. If I had to kill a bad person to save a good person, then I would absolutely do it.

If I had to kill someone to save my own life, I would have to be absolutely sure that I was worth it and that the other person was not.

Like many others, it'd all boil down to the circumstances around it.

On the whole, though, I think I would be very uncomfortable killing someone, even if it meant protecting a loved one. :/ I just can't see it in me to kill anyone, even the worst of monsters. And even if I could then, the guilt I'd feel after the act would eat me alive. I don't even think knowing that I saved someone would comfort me.

I would only consider it if it were a case where the person I'm hypothetically killing is going to be the cause of the other person needing their life saved. What I mean is, if I was killing a homicidal maniac to save someone they were about to kill then I would consider doing so.

If it was a case of something like two people who both need the same medicine to live and there's only enough for one I wouldn't because neither person would be trying to kill the other, only trying to stay alive. Of course that could potentially spiral into the first situation and then it gets really murky in terms of morality and ethics. D:

Basically, no unless I'm killing someone who is going to cause a needless death. Even then I don't think I have it in me to kill even in dire circumstances.

For those of you who think you would not be able to kill someone to preserve your own life. I have one word for you.

NAIVE.

It is human nature to protect your own life and to help those in need. Even I, Overlord of Darkness, am prone to these attributes. If you are ever in a situation where someone threatens your life, I promise you, that you will do everything you can to save yourself. You will either fight the enemy and go to any length to protect yourself or you will run as fast as you can to try and escape.

Drakow said:

For those of you who think you would not be able to kill someone to preserve your own life. I have one word for you.

Naive.

It is human nature to protect your own life and to help those in need. Even I, Overlord of Darkness, am prone to these attributes. If you are ever in a situation where someone threatens your life, I promise you, that you will do everything you can to save yourself. You will either fight the enemy and go to any length to protect yourself or you will run as fast as you can to try and escape.

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That's not necessarily true for every individual. While self-preservation is indeed human nature, each person has their own levels of tolerance. If worst comes to worst and you have to kill someone to stay alive... well, it's a hard topic for most people because killing isn't something acceptable at any degree. What this question boils down to is "can you judge one life to deserve to live over another?" and some people have difficulty saying that they should be the one to live above all else.

The one whom I would kill would save a beloved life. It would all depends who would I kill. Is he a wanted criminal? Or just a little threat?

Vrai said:

That's not necessarily true for every individual. While self-preservation is indeed human nature, each person has their own levels of tolerance. If worst comes to worst and you have to kill someone to stay alive... well, it's a hard topic for most people because killing isn't something acceptable at any degree. What this question boils down to is "can you judge one life to deserve to live over another?" and some people have difficulty saying that they should be the one to live above all else.

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I somewhat disagree with the bolded statement in your quote. Killing generally is unacceptable to the eyes of society but there are circumstances where it can be argued that it is necessary to kill someone. It can still be viewed as unacceptable but you seem to imply that one should never kill anyone, regardless of the circumstances.

If worst does come to worst and one is in the position where they must kill their opponent in order to survive, I absolutely guarantee you that they will. Without fail. It doesn't matter if that person thinks they are inferior to the other or whatever. In that one decisive live or die moment, one will always choose to live. Always.

When I read this, I had a picture in my head of a murderer with a gun pointed at the person I care about most and me standing from a distance having to watch it. Yes, I imagine I would kill to save a life. I would also kill to save my own life if it came down to a life or death situation. From someone who believes human life is sacred, is it terrible of me to say that the life of a murderer is less of an importance to society than a hard working citizen who does their best to try to make people happy?