How Far Would You Go To FIRE?

[Squirrel away]

I wonder what percentage of people would actually do that if they had the chance. I think about 20% of the population would be that ruthless.

[Gone Fishing]

Morality gets very subjective when you start weighing lives.

In the transplant case as presented above, the logical decision is to kill the one to save the five.  Most people have a deep seated dislike of this solution though, because it requires that an action commonly seen as immoral take place.  We tend to be OK with the good of the few over the good of the many when the good of the many is dependent on us actually taking some kind of action.

Real life examples of button pushers that kill to (hopefully) save lives. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/drone-pilots-found-to-get-stress-disorders-much-as-those-in-combat-do.html?_r=0

Conclusion: It sucks.

[Gone Fishing]

I have heard less objectionable hypotheticals before like, "Would you cut off a finger for a million dollars?"

Do me, the answer to questions like this is still no though.

I can and probably will attain the financial freedom that a million dollars affords just by saving. A million dollars want un-mutilate my hand though.

I often contemplate the loss of a finger as a risk of my hobbies and DIY activities as I use a lot of power tools/engines ect.   I still have all my digits but several of my friends who participate in similar activities do not.  I'm sure it is inconvenient, but they all seem to adapt pretty well over time, one even plays the banjo with a finger pick on a stump!  A finger or two to have the last 12 years of my life back would be mighty tempting... 

[Bajadoc]

First world fantasy non-sense. Anyone sitting around thinking about "FIRE" does not have the mental gonads to kill. Even with a button.

[GuitarStv]

Morality gets very subjective when you start weighing lives.

In the transplant case as presented above, the logical decision is to kill the one to save the five.  Most people have a deep seated dislike of this solution though, because it requires that an action commonly seen as immoral take place.  We tend to be OK with the good of the few over the good of the many when the good of the many is dependent on us actually taking some kind of action.

Real life examples of button pushers that kill to (hopefully) save lives. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/drone-pilots-found-to-get-stress-disorders-much-as-those-in-combat-do.html?_r=0

Conclusion: It sucks.

Prove that they saved lives.

[tobitonic]

First world fantasy non-sense. Anyone sitting around thinking about "FIRE" does not have the mental gonads to kill. Even with a button.

LOL. I've definitely shared with my wife a few times that I think a large percentage of RE folks are just self-medicating social anxieties through fiscally-feasible work avoidance.

[pdxmonkey]

Okay, she said, but she wouldn't do anything involved in weapons.  Well, is there anything that DoD does that doesn't involve weapons or technology that is used to improve weapons efficacy?

Research into battlefield medicine?