Everyone has a price?

[stan1980]

There is a saying, "everyone has a price"... Is this true?

Consider this... think of someone who you really wouldn't want to have sexual intercourse with.. could be somone of the same sex, or a 92 year old or whatever... Would you "sell out" and have sex with this person for £10,000? A million? A billion? A trillion.

I'm sure most of you would say yes, i think even i would have sex with a man for considerably less than a billion.

Okay, you might say money isn't important to you, but just think what you could do with a trillion pounds/dollars... You could probably solve famine in Africa with that sort of cash. That has surely got to be important to you?

So is it really wrong to "sell out", or does it just depend on what you do with the money?

 

[selfinflikted]

I definitely have a price. You may start the bidding. Go!

 

[stan1980]

I definitely have a price. You may start the bidding. Go!

I can see you wont come cheap, so i'll start the bidding off with a packet of pork scratchings and my favourite hankerchief

 

[ArchaicTruth]

It would take butt load of money to get me to have sex with anyone I wasn't in a relationship in simply because I abhor promiscuousness.

 

[selfinflikted]

It would take butt load of money to get me to have sex with anyone I wasn't in a relationship in simply because I abhor promiscuousness.

Well, I'm not sure a one-time affair for buckoodles of money would equal "promiscuousness"... but I agree. I'm against promiscuity as well.

 

[acropolis]

As long as knew I wouldn't get AIDS then yeah, I could be bought.

I bet if this experiment was tried in real life, there would be some surprisingly small offers accepted, haha.

 

[Soul Searcher]

There is a saying, "everyone has a price"... Is this true?

Consider this... think of someone who you really wouldn't want to have sexual intercourse with.. could be somone of the same sex, or a 92 year old or whatever... Would you "sell out" and have sex with this person for £10,000? A million? A billion? A trillion.

That of course would depend on the other party but yes I would have a price it may be high or low depending on the person I am supposed to have sex with. In some cases [very hot females] I may even be willing to pay

I'm sure most of you would say yes, i think even i would have sex with a man for considerably less than a billion.

Yep same here. I wouldn't like it but money talks and I could sure put it to good use.

So is it really wrong to "sell out", or does it just depend on what you do with the money?

Depends on what you are selling out on. Having sex with someone isn't that big a deal assuming the other party is willing.

 

[PeterMaclellan]

Depends, I don't see sex as inherently anything special (all though it certainly can be) so if I had some assurance that I would contract no diseases and that my identity would be kept confidential I think I would be able to close my eyes, think about Jessica Alba and bear it for a decent amount of coin.

 

[Meshavrischika]

I agree with Soul Searcher... depends on what's being sold really. Some things I'd do cheap, others... not for all the money anyone could scratch up.

 

[quatona]

There is a saying, "everyone has a price"... Is this true?

Which means beyond a certain amount they will be corruptible and violate their principles, correct?

Consider this... think of someone who you really wouldn't want to have sexual intercourse with.. could be somone of the same sex, or a 92 year old or whatever... Would you "sell out" and have sex with this person for £10,000? A million? A billion? A trillion.

Firstly I would be surprised that someone bids money (and so much!) for having sex with me of all (or someone bidding so much money for having me have sex with someone).
What I would be willing to do for how much money would greatly depend on my mood at that moment, I suspect.

Okay, you might say money isn't important to you, but just think what you could do with a trillion pounds/dollars... You could probably solve famine in Africa with that sort of cash. That has surely got to be important to you?

Even with only 5 dollars I could feed a hungry person. So if this argument is convincing, it should already be convincing with a pretty low sum.

So is it really wrong to "sell out", or does it just depend on what you do with the money?

Hey, you have just changed the goalposts.
You never asked whether I find it wrong. You asked whether I would do it. Even if not being willing to do it I do not necessarily find it wrong.

I don´t hold any such principle that say "You should not have sex with someone for money."

But even if I would hold such a principle - it´s like with most principles: Different principles tend to compete. I might also hold the principle: You should help everyone to the best of your abilities.
Which means, the situation is not that I either violate a principle or not - moreso I have to weigh up which principle is more important if facing such a dilemma.
Thus, I feel the saying "everyone has a price" a tad misleading when it comes to someone who has sex for money for the purpose of feeding the poor. It´s more like feeding the poor has a price, and the sexual intercourse is a sacrifice rather than corruptibility.

 

[Foolish_Fool]

I can't think of anything I wouldn't do for the right price. Just so long as it doesn't kill me, break a law, or otherwise ruin my life.

 

[cantata]

I'd be pretty easily bought, but then I'm very open-minded...

 

[ArchaicTruth]

Of course, if I were married or otherwise taken, I would not accept any amount of money, even if it was infinite.

 

[IzzyPop]

Of course, if I were married or otherwise taken, I would not accept any amount of money, even if it was infinite.

Romantic.

I am married, and I have to say that if someone offered me a ig enough sum, I'd drop trou on the spot. And if you offer my wife a large enough sum of money for sex and she declines, I'm divorcing her.

 

[TexasSky]

Is this discussion just about sex?
Or is it about more serious things too?

A lot of people don't feel strongly about sex, and might sell out for a very small amount of money. (Or maybe even pay you.)

Ask those same people if they would deny Christ, divorce their spouse, sell their children, murder someone, etc., you'd get a very, very, very different answer.

I have always been one of those, "I don't plan to be wild sexually myself," people, but wave enough money in my face and what I see are better things for my children, a chance to help the poor, a chance to do some good for others in this world, and my thought is, "Is it selfish to say no."

Ask me to do something like intentionally harm another person (okay, that might depend on what the harm is and who the person is. I'm not a saint), sell my children, deny my Lord - the answer is, "You'd have to kill me first."

 

[ArchaicTruth]

Romantic.

I am married, and I have to say that if someone offered me a ig enough sum, I'd drop trou on the spot. And if you offer my wife a large enough sum of money for sex and she declines, I'm divorcing her.

hey, someone's got to be hardcore. Might as well be me.

 

[Polycarp1]

Interesting concept and thread. It provokes three thoughts, in ascending order of seriousness:

First, the punchline of the old joke:

"What kind of girl do you think I am!?"
"We've already established that; now we're haggling over the price."

Second, the origin of the phrase. It's actually a misquote. Samuel Johnson is purported to have said this and often quoted by cynics as having said it. But what he actually did was to point to a group of Members of Parliament a short distance away and comment to his friend Boswell, "All of these gentlemen have their price." Which was, in essence, not an insult but a truism: Most M.P.'s in those days were nominated by the great landowner peers, to whom they owed their livelihood, and obliged to vote according to what the peers thought best,

But finally, and importantly: What becomes truly moral? Joseph Fletcher in his Situation Ethics gave the example of a woman who was put in an internment camp under the Nazis, separately from her husband and children. According to the terms for their particular minority, if the woman was pregnant the husband was freed to support her and the child, so she would not be a burden on the state, and the kids restored to their care. With the aid of a compliant guard she became pregnant, in order to secure the release of herself, her husband and children. Moral or immoral? Defend your answer.

 

[Robbie_James_Francis]

Yep, absolutely. I'd do anything that I find unpleasant, however deeply, for the right sum.

If I was in a relationship and asked to have sex with someone else for money, I'd ideally ask my partner first. But if that wasn't an option, I'm not sure what I'd do. If it was a ridiculous amount like over a million then I'd probably do it and assume he'd see the positive side.

But I wouldn't violate any deep moral principles. There is no price that would convince me to murder or rape, for example.

This reminds me of a conversation I had a while back. We were talking about what we'd do for 2 million quid, and one of my friends said 'what about your self respect?!' to which I replied 'it's 2 million quid, you can BUY self respect with that sort of money!!'

 

[gwenmead]

There is a saying, "everyone has a price"... Is this true?

I dunno if it's true for everyone. It's sure true for me, though. The price just depends what it is.

And I can already be easily bought, on some things. People can buy my graphic design services for about $30 an hour already. They can buy my research services for a comparable amount. They can buy a backrub in exchange for another backrub. They can buy my artwork for varying amounts, depending on the piece; or they can pay me for a commission. And so on.

I'd do a lot of things, for the right amount of money. But there's a few things I wouldn't do, too, and probably some that I couldn't. Even with the GDP of a small country sitting there in a couple of suitcases in front of me.

 

[GrannieAnnie]

Some things in this world are priceless and no definately not....there are somethings no money could make me do....and having sex with an old lady, another woman...whatever....I just wouldn't do it. I'm quite content with my life and the amount of money I have. And even if the money I got from such an action could save many lives or build hospitals etc etc. it would still be "dirty" money as far as I was concerned and I wouldn't do it. My animals are also priceless, no amount of money could buy them....money just isn't that important to me. Afterall, you might drop dead the next day and it wouldn't do you any good anyway.