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The actual fact of the matter is that it makes a huge difference in the framing of the question.
If the question is "would you push a button to kill someone you'll never see or meet or know to end his suffering" the answer for most would be an easy yes because its processed in the brain as a rational / logical question rather than a moral question.
If the question was "would you personally stab your mother in the heart to end her suffering" the answer for any reasonably normal person (not a psychopath or otherwise impaired in their emotional / decision processing) would say "no" with no hesitation.
The answer to the question will always be first influenced on whether its a moral dilemma or a logical dilemma. The further you are removed from the act (stranger/pushing button etc), the more the question is processed in one area of the brain as a logical dilemma. The closer and more involved you are in the act, the more it becomes a moral question (i.e. you directly harming/killing someone you know).
So, really the answer for nearly everyone is yes and no.
We are all capable of participating directly in a genocide. We are all capable of murder. We all are inherently against both.... We might all say we are not capable until of any brutal and violent act... right up until the right circumstances present themselves. Context is everything.
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Yes, fewer illegal immigrants working equates to more job opportunities for American citizens.
Rochard
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