If I have to choose my life or my friend life with not a way to lie and save myself or my friend, I will save my life first. That is selfish? No.
Ok, but Bob can protect himself now because no surprise from Billy because Bob is aware that Billy looks to kill him because I told a lie and buy time to go to Bob and tell him. Maybe Bob will have a plan to wait for Billy to come to find him, then shoot him with a dart of medicine to make him unconscious. Then call the police.
let me ask you this if you knew Bob was on the other end of your winning trade would you clean him out? even if he'd never find out it was YOU? or, would you take the loss?
I always told my friends that while hiking in the back country if we should ever encounter a bear to watch out, because before that bears gets me I would tackle one of them to the ground so the bear would go for them first.... that's selfish or smart?
That is not smart to tell your friend that, now they will not go with you to hike, you go alone, and the bear eat you.
Nitro, I went off the thread, sorry. I think a person should lie. I do not know Kant until you explained what he thinks, but I think he is wrong
If I have a bet and Bob has a bet, we both know the chance to lose. We play that game because we take that chance to win or lose. If after I make my bet, then (after) I see I am 100% winner, Bob is the loser, I will take the money and not a loss. Why should I let Bob win when he play the game too? If I know before that Bob make a bet that is loser, and I can win his money, if Bob is my friend, then I would tell Bob it is a loser. I did not lose anything from that. If it is someone stranger, I would make the bet.
None of you guys are going to survive in the coming world. I would whack Billy on the spot , take his wallet and watch, call up Bob, tell him I just whacked Billy to save his life and that he owes me $10 k for the favor and has 30 days to pay.