BiggerPockets

I know I am capable of killing, but I don't need money that badly.

That was a short story published as science fiction. Can't remember who the author was.

Yes, well...

What if the incentive was one BILLION dollars? Or TEN? Or TWENTY?

Don't have a price in dollars? How about a thousand less deaths of cancer annually? Six months of world peace? Free cold beer in hell?

I'll bet, and call me cynical, but I'll bet even a certified saint has a tipping point.

Then again....gurus promise outright crazy dreams all the time and people have bought....even to the point of dying in a sweat lodge.

Maybe you have something there Mark.

For a million dollars, definitely not. For a large amount of money (enough to change my lifestyle), no doubt.

Considering the number of lives I could save with a large amount of money (sick people, hungry people, etc), the ends would certainly justify the means in my mind.

Plus, there's the potential for someone to die who deserves it, so that's just an added bonus.

Along the same lines, if someone was offered a very large amount of money for me to die, and I knew he or she would use that money to save a lot of innocent lives, I'd certainly hope that person took it.

If my death could allow a bunch of innocent people to live, the trade-off is well worth it...I think I'd be selfish to say otherwise...

Originally posted by Robert Mack

J thats a courageous stance to take and I commend you for it. What about your family and offspring who would be left without you though? Don't you think it's kind of selfish to leave them behind willingly?

Excellent question...

Consider this: When a soldier jumps on top of a grenade to save the lives of those around him/her, would you consider that to be a selfish act? What if the soldier had a family at home that now didn't have a husband/father/son?

Others might disagree, but personally, I find that to be a tremendously courageous and selfless thing to do...

I'd like to think that my family has the same values I do, and would agree that trading one life (even if it's our own) to save many innocent lives is worth the trade-off.

If I were to die, my family would be both financially secure and emotionally well supported (by each other), so while there is definitely a part of the act that would selfish, I still think it's the right thing to do.

We're all going to die sometime...if great things can come from my death, I can't imagine any better way to die?

[[[[......even a certified saint has a tipping point.....]]]]]

I'm nowhere near a saint, and sure I have a tipping point. Depending upon the incentive, that point could be pretty low. However, money doesn't mean all that much to me that I'd do absolutely anything to get it.

I enjoy being comfortable, and I sure wouldn't want to be reduced to living as a bag lady. However, I would not kill anyone to prevent that from happening.

You want me to kill someone, you'll have to come up with a different incentive.

Pressing a button to kill some one for a million bucks is no different than taking out life insurance on someone and then murdering them to collect the $.

And crikey, let's face it, even for those with ethics tettering on the edge, a million dollars isn't much money these days. But if you seriously want someone with no ethics against killing for money, a couple K would do it; it wouldn't cost you a million.