Only if I knew I would be successful and that people would know that it was me and then remember me for ever and ever and ever and build statues of me and give me my own holiday and force students to study my arguments on CD. That would be so awesome ;)

Considering how my family and my loved ones are part of the human race, yes. How could I be selfish enough to let them all die just because I don't want to?

i would i would be a hero and people have to studdy me =) and make monuments of me oh mystical duncer unleash your butkicking wrath on joe

(p.s i thinks some one is making multiple accounts because even a good argument i get a -5 or so)

Why wouldn't I? It wouldn't matter to me if I got great recognition just as long as what I did really did save the Human race. If what I did was just an attempt to save the human race and might not work I dont think so. Have some crazy people try it out first.

Yes. As a general principle, the maximum amount of life should be preserved.

If the human race is about to die that means I'm about to die. So if my choices are die with the rest of humanity or die and become the hero of the human race and be remembered by the rest of the human race for thousands of years then I would sacrifice myself for the human race.

Yeah i would. i mean saving ppl'z lives, thats just selflessness rite there

thats kool to find in ppl, admit it, u like superhero movieess!

of course i would y would i not.

if i did not die to save it, well then i will die any way lol

If I knew that the human race was going to have future success, than I would. But if I knew that they were going to die out within the next century, why should I?

Simply Yes. Think about it if you don't die then you and the whole world die. On the other hand if you do you save millions and then some.

Nihilism.

Why would i die for something that's just a point in the Universe. Not logical at all.

Humans are merely organic machines, nothing more. And until you can prove otherwise (which you can't), it's pointless to die saving the human race. as pointless as dying to save a race of ants.

I'm not gonna say that i would die to save the human race and the people saying yes are lying because its human to put yourself first, thats America for you! the people saying yes are merely saying it because it makes them look good. i doubt if faced with the challenge anyone would and thats normal, personally id probably be too scared. Yes there are a few people i would die (best friends, parents, etc). People stop worrying about your "reputation" and be truthful for once.

"Save" is used somewhat ambiguously. Saved from what? Utter destruction? Inevitable pain? Minor annoyance? A bad pedicure?

On one hand, if the future existence of mankind depends upon the action of a single person, are the rest worth saving? Should billions of people be dependent on one person?

On the other hand, we've evolved the ability to sacrifice our lives for the greater good, since societies with that instinct stand greater chance of survival against societies without that instinct.

The only specific things on this life that don't change is the act of change itself. Meaning that I die of something, given few months and they come up with a new problem and just forget all about if you ever existed. The world will just go on whether you die today or not. But if you are going to live there's still a sheer chance that you can brought up change, and people would remember you while you are still living.

no lol screw the world it screwed me why the heck should i care so suck on that world

No there is no need for that, Jesus was the ultimmate sacrifice, but if i had to die for my beliefs or for a friend or even an enemy then i would

If there can be a situation that my death could save the human race, that would mean that the human race is pathetic and is not worth dying for