boris Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Suppose you're a decent person just minding your own business when an evil demon comes down to your face. He tells you that for every virtuous act you do he's going to kill five people and won't kill anybody every time you act non-virtuously. Suppose he also made it so you can't commit suicide (if you could, then he would kill 5 people for that virtuous act and that would be the end of it). On the assumption that the demon will keep his word, how are you to act? Since you start out as a decent virtuous person, what would you predict you would do in this situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 WHAT DO YOU DO, YEK?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I would not do anything that is knowingly wrong/harmful to others, which I try my best not to do anymore anyway. This is really easy can we have it a bit more complicated please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 I would not do anything that is knowingly wrong/harmful to others, which I try my best not to do anymore anyway. This is really easy can we have it a bit more complicated please. But if you don't do anything that you know will harm others, you will be acting virtuously and five people would die every time you did that. So you'd be killing a lot of people in the process of acting good. edit: is th wot u WNT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Yeah dude, I fucking HATE everybody. My answer stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 id challenge him to a game of chess and win all demons love chess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 Yeah dude, I fucking HATE everybody. My answer stands. Wow. Well I think I'd continue doing what I would do without caring for the people that were being killed. That way, by not caring about the people I would be killing, I would be acting "in-virtuous" and no one would die. edit: th eend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 exercise yer demons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Super lurker ultra V12 Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 a still from Little Miss Sunshine of the huge blanket with a sketch of Nietzsche's head on it.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Yeah dude, I fucking HATE everybody. My answer stands. Wow. Well I think I'd continue doing what I would do without caring for the people that were being killed. That way, by not caring about the people I would be killing, I would be acting "in-virtuous" and no one would die. edit: th eend That's absolute genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 a still from Little Miss Sunshine of the huge blanket with a sketch of Nietzsche's head on it.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 Yeah dude, I fucking HATE everybody. My answer stands. Wow. Well I think I'd continue doing what I would do without caring for the people that were being killed. That way, by not caring about the people I would be killing, I would be acting "in-virtuous" and no one would die. edit: th eend That's absolute genius! Oh I get it. You already said that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Super lurker ultra V12 Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 seriously, that blanket is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 5 people isn't a lot of people, i would shrug and move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 yeah, the world is pretty overpopulated anyway, i don't think anyone would notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Have a wank. How many people would that kill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 just dont act either virtuous or non virtuously and you wont have a problem. ignore everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows and Labyrinths Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 what would you do if an EVIL DEMON approached you and said, every time boris creates a new thread, he'd kill 5 people? i'd hope i'd be one of the 5 to go first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 well i guess id have to kill boris before he made another thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 he'd have to define virtuos/non virtuos first or can talk to the hand because the face aint listening and that's what i'd tell him guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Day Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Assuming doing drugs is a non-virtuous act , i would do drugs 'till i drop dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Z_B_Z Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 but that would be suicide and thus a virtuous act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Day Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 but that would be suicide and thus a virtuous act. Well , i don't want to commit suicide , i just want to try some very addictive and harmful drugs (for the fun of it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 i would just masturbate and finger myself and listen to the Lion King soundtrack that i dubbed swearwords over The demon doesn't even say how frequent the non virtuos acts have to be btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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