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Solf J Kimblee ([personal profile] explosivecombat) wrote2014-03-03 03:21 pm

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You know, I've realized that whenever I address the network nowadays, I always include some sort of apology for the morbidity of the subject matter; the subject matter is never any better the next time around, which I think just draws the validity of the apology into question by now. Ah, but that's neither here nor there - the subject today is still, however, not any better, so consider the apology this afternoon as genuine as it always is.

[In other words, sorry-not-sorry. Kimblee...]

I would like to discuss morality today, actually - perhaps befittingly, since there are so many morally dubious individuals around as of late.

Assume for a moment that you come across someone in peril; you're in a secluded area, and no one else is around to help this individual but you. The specific sort of peril they're in doesn't matter, but for the sake of argument, assume that it's something that you can handle easily - assume that assisting them won't kill you, and even if the situation you envision is dangerous you can call the authorities for help and that would be considered "assisting" for the sake of this experiment. For whatever reason, the person in peril cannot save themselves; if you don't do anything, the situation will prove fatal for the person you've come across.

No one will know if you help the person or not. You won't be punished or penalized in any way for not helping them - in other words, you have no legal obligation to do so - but if you don't, the person in peril is going to die. You've never met the person before this moment; there's nothing about their appearance or situation that implies that you should consider them an enemy, but they aren't explicitly a friend or an ally either. Just a random stranger that you are given the option of rescuing.

Most would probably agree that rescuing a person in peril like that is the "right" thing to do; I'm sure some would disagree, either because their beliefs are a bit unorthodox or because they want to feel edgy. So my question isn't necessarily what you believe - my question is why. Can you justify it, or are you just operating under "what feels right"?

Answer me anonymously if you'd like; as usual, your identity doesn't necessarily interest me, but your answer does.
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-04 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
If I see them there it's my problem, though. And deserving or undeserving, leaving someone to die...

That's entirely too much.
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-04 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't change. I don't want to see anyone die if I can stop it, no matter...who they are.
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-04 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ NOT REALLY, SHE HAS STANDING ORDERS NOT TO TALK ABOUT DANGAN THINGS TO UNRELATED PERSONS...

You may thank Kirigiri for that. ]


There is.

[ ...Though admitting there is a reason is okay. ]
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-04 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Mhm...but I think those reasons could be as simple as "I want to be a person who helps people"...

From how you've worded the question and some of your replies, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to be a stranger in need of life support from you, would it?
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-05 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's common to not want to see other humans suffer...

The answers you've gotten...so far, the majority probably supports what I just said, right?
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-05 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't you prefer to live in a world like that, though...?

After all, even though you answered the other way, you could just as easily be that stranger they said they'd help.
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-06 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Why do you say that?
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-06 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
(‘◇’)? What did you do?

[ A classmate taught her emoticons. ]
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-06 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
For what reason is it out of favor?
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-06 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
So you're saying that not being pacifistic and presumably being the opposite better serves your people.

[ TRYING TO PARSE THAT, this is what she got. So she's...checking for clarity. ]
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-06 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
...Why was that? Was it the Koopa Kingdom?
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[personal profile] lullabytes 2014-03-06 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ IT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTI - no it's not. ]

Was the person in charge the main villain?

Did he kidnap princesses from time to time...?

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