If you could kill a person and get away with it, would you?

I voted 'no' on the grounds I would kill someone because I had a reason, rather than because I can get away with it, although obviously getting away with it is quite important to me.

Certainly.
There is always a person out there that deserves justice.

Of course, at the same time, I wouldn't unless I was absolutely certain that they were guilty of something.

I wouldn't be able to kill someone and i doubt the majority of those who voted yes wouldn't be able to either.

No, because even if I did kill someone, the constant guilt would haunt me my entire life.

i dont think if there were no laws, that every body would be killing each other for the fun of it.

You completely missed the point. The question, practically, is "would you kill someone for absolutely no reason other than being able to get away with it?".

I ask this because recently one of my friends asked me this, albeit with considerably less intelligence, to which I disgustedly replied no, absolutely not. He responded with shock, saying that he most certainly would, and that it would be awesome. It's disgusting and monstrous, really. Anybody who says they would do such a thing is immature and without the mental development of a child. I wanted to see how many people were that undeveloped, and how unique I might unfortunately be. The results are worse than I anticipated.

Wait, so would I kill just because I could get away with it? Hell no, I'd need a pretty damn good reason to do that.

That is the point I have been trying to get across, but nobody has seemed to get it.

You did a pretty bad job at. You said in the OP that the person's history, background etc, was up to us. I thought that meant if we could kill anyone we wanted, not just killing because I could get away with it.

LOL yeah, you're right. I did misunderstand the OP.

But then there is this:

Under the new definition of the OP: probably not then.

Killing someone who has comitted a crime is no different than killing someone who is innocent. The act of killing remains. You are a monster.

At least it is 13 no to 10 yes. You won't get much better than that.

And? Under specific circumstances, I would feel no worse for having done it.

What circumstances? You would kill someone when not in a survival situation or consumed by passion? Then you are a monster and a horribly wrong person. Your immaturity is so great in it's extent that you horrify.

Not to me, you can demonize me if you want, but there is a difference between killing someone just because you can, and killing someone for say, revenge or "justice" or to even save someone elses life. The reason you kill someone is important, just as the reason you do anything is important. If a man steals food to feed his family I'd say he is less "evil" then professionl bank robbers.

Killing is less evil when for survival, or when consumed by passion. Killing for revenge is monstrous.

I never said what the circumstances were.
It could easily be a fight for my survival or the survival of someone or something that I wish to preserve.

Ah so the reason does matter, you seemed to of had a different opinon on the matter when you said

Oh and generally when someone kills for revenge it is for emotional or passionate reasons, so you contradicted yourself a bit. I never said who I would kill or why I would kill them yet you just jumped to "you are a monster" before you even knew them.

I know this, it is why I asked you what the circumstances were.

If that is the case, it falls under my definition of acceptable killing. But, as I said before, if you were to excuse, condone, encourage, or commit killing when not in a survival context or under threat, or, to a lesser extent, while consumed by passion, then you are an immature monster, and a horrifying person. This includes murders for acts of revenge, or under order, or indirect but intentional killings.

If that isn't you, then you aren't a horrible person.

If I killed hitler and my reasons were because I thought I would save all the lives he would end up killing when he gained power, would I be a monster? If I had let him assume power, knowing all the people that would die as result, would I not be inderctly but intentionally killing them?