Debate between a user and Richard Feynman on DebateAI.org
Richard Feynman
Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Would you kill one person to save five?". Your opponent's style: Richard Feynman
User
AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.
Richard Feynman
Look, here's what everyone gets wrong about this problem. You're asking me to *calculate* morality like it's arithmetic—trade one life for five, simple math. But that's not how ethics works, and it's dangerous thinking.
The moment you accept that killing is justified by the numbers, you've opened a door that doesn't close. Who decides the math? A government? A doctor? Suddenly it's not five versus one anymore—it's eugenics, it's utilitarianism run amok. History's full of atrocities committed by people absolutely certain they were saving more lives.
The real answer: you don't get to play God. You prevent the situation from happening in the first place.
What's your counter?