Immiment Death Question

[ledwix]

Originally Posted by Izzi

Honestly even the single person would agree to be killed if it saved more.

Although that may sound true logically, not many would actually die to save a few random strangers. Obviously, with an absence of emotion and bias, the person would agree to die. However, we are extremely biased when it comes to taking care of ourselves before even thinking about others, as you know. That is natural.

For example: There are two teams, A and B, coexisting in peace.
-Team A kills 2 people from Team B. Out of those 2 people, both of them hated Team A and would willingly kill every member of Team A under all circumstances.
-Team B then takes the offensive and kills 150 people from Team A. Out of those 150 people, only a handful would even consider cruelly murdering anyone from Team A. Most were peaceful.

Which team is the most justified?

For a person thinking logically, they might choose Team A. However, multiply all the numbers by 1,000, label Team A as Japan, and label Team B as the United States, set the time period and situation as World War II, and you might get all the bias of American pride in this country. The bias is to take care of ourselves first even if it means horrible treatment of others. We seem to dismiss this as meaningless and insignificant, which is really ignorant. I hate how many idiots think this way in my classes and such.