If there was no cost in terms of prison time and a criminal record, I would have no problem with killing a stranger for $100000000, and so I suspect would plenty of others.
Punishment is the only thing keeping your morals in check? I'd definitely have a massive problem with killing anyone, for any price, even if there was no punishment whatsoever...
This is a community primarily for founders though.
I'm not sure how to phrase it properly, but there is a strong selection for people with lax morals here for the simple reason that it's a competitive advantage. A founder with lax morals will generally outcompete someone with stronger morals, as such few people at the top of organizations of any size have strong morals
Selecting for being a psychopath is a short term benefit at best. We have progressed as far as we have because of co-operation and compassion, despite the morally deficient among us.
Serious question: have you ever killed anyone (you never know ...) ?
I ask because I'm a former infantryman and I personally know a handful of people who have. Of those people, most were quite sure they wouldn't have a problem with it, but guess what ...
I'm going to assume you've never dealt with this issue, even indirectly. I have not met a single person who has killed someone, and for whom $100M would make slightest difference. If anything, the people I've met would happily pay to undo the act.
The previous poster is just grandstanding here. There clearly exist people who have killed multiple times for much less money. Maybe the first time they didn't know what they were getting into, but that can't apply to later killings.
