Quote Originally Posted by eugmac View Post
For all those who said they would donate the money to do enough good to make up for the one guaranteed lost life - what's to say that the owner of the $40 million wouldn't have done the same should you not accept the money? The chances that he will do good for society (maybe because his faith in it is restored by you saying no) with the $40 mill is non-zero, and nobody needs to be purposely killed.
you're taking this too far, there is no "owner" of the 40 mil, this is all hypothetical!! We're assuming the 40mil is created out of nowhere and doesn't even affect the money supply. It's a secret between you, the button, and the dead person.

And 40 million would save thousands of life, no doubt about that.