So you say you're an altruist...

John_Maxwell

I'd be really interested to hear what the Less Wrong community thinks of this. Don't spoil it by reading the comments first.

If you could gave me a magic button to kill 10 people and make me rich, without any tricky business (like risk of being punished) then I would push it.

I should also hope that nobody else would, and by the sound of things many wouldn't.

Are you allowed to donate the money to charity? If so, I'd definitely push it.

5Annoyance17y

I wouldn't push the button if it picked people at random, although I might consider the risk of killing a valuable person worthwhile if the payoff is big enough. I guess the real question is: what is the value of other people? It does not seem to be a trivial matter.

7Jonathan_Graehl17y

If you weren't so lazy and risk-averse, you could start your illegal toxic waste dumping business immediately :) I'm glad that your button isn't readily available. If it chose its victims without any intent to cause personal regret, then I can't see any less than 10% of people opting for wealth - goodbye human race.

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