Analysing power of human consience: Moment of truth

[ronthepon]

All right, finally time for some contemplative discussion.

 

 

Step into the boots of a hypothetical man, Mr John Clemens.

 

Mr John is a well earning, respected man, who lives in a clean society.

 

He has a very close friend, named Gladvorsch.

 

Recently, Mr Gladworsch had been caught up in a very serious forgery scam, and Mr John is the only creditable witness.

 

Mr Gladworsch has pleaded innocent in court, and has succeded in hiding all the evidence he could.

 

However, Mr John, a very principled man will tell the truth in court.

 

 

Expressing panic, Mr Gladworsch offers Mr John a sum of ten million dollars for his silence.

 

Mr John comes home and relates the incident to his family.

His family strongly urges him to take the money, so that they can live a more comfortable life.

 

However, Mr John knows that the rest of the society, most of them his principled friends also know of Mr Gladworsch's reality.

 

 

What should he do? Should he betray his friend and family, by refusin the money, or should he openly display to the world of how greedy he could become?

 

What would you do?

 

Remember, be blunt, but think before you post.

 

The objective of this thread is to find out how far can a person go to fulfill his desires, by sacrificing his morals.

[Queso]

I'd take the money.

 

**** this struggle

i'm obligated to climb.

[Queso]

I manipulate, act

every day-

 

I'd love to lie

to the Judge-

 

****ing judge.

[ronthepon]

You would take the money.

 

You would prefer to abandon all concepts of morality, rightousness, and good.

 

We'll discuss it later.

[Queso]

Yeah,

I'm impulsive.

 

ten million dollars

and i've never have to worry

about survival ever again.

 

i'd just travel,

and i'd be high

allll the time.

[ronthepon]

Right.

 

Now let's assume Mr John was already the owner of enough money to be happy.

[Queso]

oh, well lucky him

now his life's all about truth.

[ronthepon]

Absolutely nobode else's got the teeniest bit of opinion? Poof.

[Queso]

:friday: :lol: :wave: :love: :)

 

:warped: :)

[CraigD]

If the victims of Gladworsch’s scam are not rendered destitute by it, I would take the money, and use it to help the destitute. I would attempt to have his trial dismissed before a jury is not empanelled, then blackmail him until the time limitation of his crime has expired, encouraging him to repeat the scam as often as possible, diverting all the money gained to my charity.

 

If the victims of Gladworsch’s scam are rendered destitute by it, I would do everything in my power to compel Gladworsch to return what he has stolen.

 

PS: Though a good one, this doesn’t strike me as a Lounge-worthy thread. I suggest moving it to Philosophy.

[Tarantism]

i said no, simply becuase the source of the cash is unclear. i mean, it could be from the mafia, therefore (using godfather logic) i would be "obligated to do them a favor". no fun at all. besides, peopl ewho have life handed to them dont learn anything. just look at sociolites.

[ronthepon]

Intresting opinions. So it should be in the method of trying to find the right balance.

 

PS: Even I don't know how this ended up in the lounge.

[Queso]

i said no, simply becuase the source of the cash is unclear. i mean, it could be from the mafia, therefore (using godfather logic) i would be "obligated to do them a favor". no fun at all. besides, peopl ewho have life handed to them dont learn anything. just look at sociolites.

 

money isn't life.

 

Money is green paper,

money you can trade thigns for,

money occurs during life,

 

psh, take the money

AND RUN!

[Tarantism]

i

disagree,

[ronthepon]

money isn't life.

 

Money is green paper,

money you can trade thigns for,

money occurs during life,

 

psh, take the money

AND RUN!

And go to jail for daylight robbery. Or possibly suffer a mafia assasination style death.

[Queso]

:naughty:

 

i don't get caught, ron.

[Dark Mind]

Yeah, I'd take the cash :hihi:.

 

Based on the fact that he is supposedly a good friend, and I hate the "justice" system :naughty:.

:D

 

I would then use the money to find a method to cryogenically freeze myself and friends to be revived at a time when interplanetary travel is not uncommon, and life can be unnaturally extended :). I would then deposit the remainder of my money in a place where I felt it would earn the most interest and I could then possibly be richer coming out of my cryogenically induced freeze than I had been before paying for it's technology :hyper:.

 

(Similar to Futurama, I know. But I've had this idea since before Futurama was even on the air ;).)