Interestingly enough, people tend to have rather similar thoughts in deciding on an answer. Which murder would cause me the least pain? Which murder would be the best for society? Admittedly, those are valid points. But at the same time, there's one thing that all of them fail to consider: what right do we have who lives and who dies? What makes us feel like we are above that person enough to decide their fate? In answering this question, people tend to see themselves in the position of power, they feel that they must judge over the future of others.
So what's missing? The only people's lives that we are really qualified to judge the value of are our own. I know what my life is--I know the secrets, the shadows, the things that nobody else does. As terrible as a person may appear, I do not know what lies in the bottom of their heart, I cannot judge what the world would lose from their death. The only person with whom I could judge that outcome would be myself. So yes, in answer to the above question of whom I would kill...myself. Simple, concise, no hesitation.
The argument may be made that one does not know the impact that their death will have on those around them, or that there are criminals and mass murderers who would be much better off dead, particularly than someone like me. But at the same time, I can't judge human lives. If I was religious, I would say that only a god (or the god, depending on the religion) would have that right. As it stands, I am not religious so I make no such claim. Regardless, I'm not willing to raise myself on a platform that far above humanity. I'm not saying that to be overly righteous or humble, although it likely as not appears that way, but I'm making the statement merely from the perspective that I do not have the right to judge the value of people's lives. So it makes me wonder whether in answering that question people merely do not consider that standpoint, or if they look at it but decide against it for one reason or another.
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