Tue 8 Jun, 2010 06:37 pm - [QUOTE=harlequin;174889]not to hijack and derail my own thread, but if i programmed a robot to think it is human, it does not make it human, does it? so if i am my brain in a robot body, i might... (view)
Tue 8 Jun, 2010 05:42 pm - I think this is a metaphysical question and can only be answered by the self. Sure, we could take an example where we determine if [I]others[/I] are still human or not, but you would probably get... (view)
Sat 29 May, 2010 12:27 pm - Don't worry about the species as a whole. For what is the difference between one suffering person and 1000 suffering people. It's one person feeling the same thing over and over. And you... (view)
Tue 25 May, 2010 06:09 pm - I see users post a lot of meaningful content and have intellectual debates and I couldn't help but wonder what they would say if given only a few sentences to describe their own personal... (view)
Wed 19 May, 2010 11:53 pm - [QUOTE=Jebediah;166306]He's not guilty of murdering the people (since he didn't). Are you asking if not donating the money needed to save lives is murder? That's a tough one to... (view)
Wed 19 May, 2010 11:06 pm - [QUOTE=Jebediah;166302]He could have just given the 200 dollars without killing the people, so no.
Perhaps you are looking for something like:
"A doctor has 5 patients who are about to die... (view)
Wed 19 May, 2010 10:47 pm - Would you agree with this?
Let's say that a man kills 3 people from America.
He then donates 200 dollars to help save the lives of 6 Third world children, so that makes up for everything he... (view)