Philosophical question
 

This is purely theoretical; about right and wrong, good and bad. I have not poisoned anybody and I am not a guy! Please answer honestly what you think. There is no right or wrong answer, it's purely opinion. Thanks guys!


I’m this guy, and I pour poison into this other guy’s cup. Now, I know it’s poison but I don’t know how bad it could be. The guy I’ve poisoned becomes a vegetable. I feel terrible remorse for what I’ve done. Am I good or bad?

Now say the poisoned man’s family want justice and it’ll ease their suffering if they see someone punished. If I come forward and admit that it was me I will be banished and lose my family and my home.
What is the right thing for me to do?
Do I let them go on suffering, or tell the truth and suffer more myself?
Have I already suffered enough in having to live with what I have done to that poor man and his family or do I deserve to suffer more?

I'm curious as to why you're asking to be honest!

If this particular case, since poisoning someone is a crime and very dangerous, I think the person should come forward, but I don't think the punishment is just about making the perpetrator suffer, it's about protecting others from the crime being committed again, the perpetrator being rehabilitated so they become more able to engage with society appropriately and safely, as well as deterring others from carrying out such a crime.

In terms of whether the person is good or bad, I don't really think the world is divided into good and bad people, we are all somewhere in between. Poisoning someone is a very bad choice, but feeling remorse shows some inner sense of right and wrong.

I think more punishment is in order since apparently "you" poured poison into this guy's cup for no real reason whatsoever.

The case becomes more gray if there was motivation involved, but if someone does it "just because" there is something wrong with that person.

If you give someone poison that could potentially kill them then you're guilty as ****.

Like others I'm curious as to why you ask that question.

in my view there is not enough info... like why the person ended up being given poisen, what the events prior were, what sort of poisen ytou throught it was, etc.


I am also curious as to why you've asked this... I am assuming it's liek a metaphor for something that's bothing you, or that you wisash to ask but fear judgement fr?