# Would you shoot out three people's knee caps to save a loved one's life?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 12, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-shoot-out-three-peoples-knee-caps-to-save-a-loved-ones-life/737400 "2015-11-12T19:41:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-shoot-out-three-peoples-knee-caps-to-save-a-loved-ones-life/737400/68 "2015-11-15T01:51:50Z")

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The views of some Dopers span the spectrum of what they’d do in a situation:

> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> I will murder any other than my wife, stepdaughter, favorite niece, and baby sister if such is necessary to save my kids’ lives.
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> Merely crippling somebody? Please.

> [@handsomeharry](#):
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> Are you kidding? I’d desolate an entire nation to save a loved one. In the most painful way imaginable.

As opposed to:

> [@Resolved: Our Moral Intuitions Regarding Torture Make No Sense.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-our-moral-intuitions-regarding-torture-make-no-sense/729098/21):
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> Want to bet?No. I would die rather than torture someone. I would see you die. I would see my wife die. I would see my kids die. I would see _the whole of humanity burn_, before I torture someone. So where does that leave your argument now?

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