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Obtaining it was wrong. Using it is not. *NM* Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 16/04/2010 01:07:35 AM
So, interestingly enough, this survey was inspired by a Star Trek episode I was watching the other night, and it got me thinking.

Anyway.

Suppose you've a friend or family member or other close relation-type who is dying. You have the knowledge that will save them, but you've obtained it in a completely unethical fashion (i.e. torturing other people, things like that). Is it wrong (ethically, morally, whatever) to use this knowledge and save your friend/family/etc?

I honestly don't know how I'd react in such a situation. I was completely torn when watching the episode, and would not have thought either decision to be wrong, really.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
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An Ethical Survey - 16/04/2010 12:48:44 AM 597 Views
Um - 16/04/2010 12:57:16 AM 430 Views
no, using that information is not wrong *NM* - 16/04/2010 01:00:09 AM 161 Views
not wrong. duh. *NM* - 16/04/2010 01:02:30 AM 161 Views
Obtaining it was wrong. Using it is not. *NM* - 16/04/2010 01:07:35 AM 191 Views
Not a very tricky question, IMHO - 16/04/2010 01:09:45 AM 473 Views
I'd torture more people for fun after saving the friend or family member. - 16/04/2010 01:25:43 AM 433 Views
Spoken like a true lawyer! *NM* - 16/04/2010 01:49:14 AM 166 Views
Use it. - 16/04/2010 01:48:49 AM 394 Views
So, like... using medical research acquired by Nazi scientists during the Holocaust? *NM* - 16/04/2010 04:34:32 AM 317 Views
Yeah, like that, pretty much. *NM* - 16/04/2010 09:37:25 AM 166 Views
no - 16/04/2010 05:26:01 AM 406 Views
What is done is done - 16/04/2010 09:19:45 AM 405 Views
The way you got it was wrong. But now you have it. So use it. - 16/04/2010 11:34:42 AM 372 Views
Sunk costs - 16/04/2010 12:47:37 PM 506 Views
I have no ethics or morals or whatever. - 16/04/2010 05:47:56 PM 400 Views
I think I know the episode that prompted this. - 16/04/2010 09:28:55 PM 456 Views
That's a lot like a question I was asked recently. - 16/04/2010 10:34:01 PM 418 Views
Re: An Ethical Survey - 18/04/2010 05:11:29 PM 412 Views

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