confusing questions

does any one know some good and confusing questions?

Here's a good riddle.  What is it?

A box without hinges key or lid,

yet golden treasures inside are hid.

1.A man is transported into a different world, a world, which is on the edge of the oblivion, and only he can save.  But, because he believes this world he has been transported into is a hallucination, he refuses to save it.  Are the man's actions right or wrong?

2. A King, because of his kingdom's increased crime rate, decrees that any persons entering a town or city must state their purpose, or be hanged by the King's law.  A sophist attempts to enter a town, and, when questioned, says that his purpose is to be hanged by the King's law.  Should the man be hanged? 

 I am curious, why is religion linked so strongly with ethics in your mind? 

But, back to your original answer, what does one discover about the man if he decides to do something wrong because no one is harmed by it?

How does this relate to real life if one does an immoral act, simply because no one is harmed? 

Argument in favor of no.  Hanging the sophist does not accomplish the purpose of the King's rule, nor does it adhere to the letter of the rule.

Argument in favor of yes.  Why not grant the sophist his wish?  Perhaps there is another King's rule which allows for the hanging.  Perhaps along the lines of, "We aim to please," or, "All sophist's must be hanged."

 Paul

There is a fork in the road and your trying to get to the truth telling village, there are one man standing in between the two roads.  One path leads to the liar village and one leads to the truth telling village.  You need to get to the truth telling village.  You get one question or demand to ask this man but remember he could be a liar or truth telling village and you only get one question! What do you ask that will get you to the truth telling village?

waht does a person from the other village would tell me if I ask what is the road to "truth telling village " ?

and then go the oposit direction

Well thats the problem you don't know if that person is from the lying village or truth telling village.  If he was a liar he would tell you the way to his village because he would know hes lying and you would end up in the opposite village you want to be.  But if he is a truth telling person then we would show you the way but you can't be sure and you have to ask a question/demand that would get you to the truth telling village even if he is a liar or truth teller.

bdehoyos idea works great. If the person is a liar he'll point in the opposite direction of what a truthteller would point and if it's a truth teller he'll point in the direction a liar would point in both situations he'll point to the liars village.

As simple "point me in the diection of the village you come from" works too. Both a liar and a truth teller would point to the truthtelling village.

 Isn't this something that Philip K. Dick wrote about? If you like questions like this and you like action movies, don't miss out on the classic "Total Recall" featuring Governor Schwarzenegger. Arnold can't figure out whether he's a construction worker suffering from a coma and false implanted memories or a secret agent on a mission to save the population of Mars.

There are several like this, they confuse most people somehow.  All you have to do is answer the question immediately.

Spell 'shop'.

What does 's-h-o-p' spell?

Spell 'shop'

What does 's-h-o-p' spell?

What do you do at a green light?

 Good job on catching the reference.  I wanted to see if people outside of a science fiction series could achieve the same point of philosophy that Donaldson reaches in his series.

1. Wrong.  People should strive to do the right thing even in a dream.  (this question was addressed in Stephen Donaldson's White Gold Wielder series)"

This is not so simple. Let's take "Total Recall" as an example. Arnold is presented with the fact that he may be stuck in a coma, but he can take a pill and get out of it. However, he is offered this information by the people he perceives in his dream to be the "bad guy." In order to do the right thing in the dream world, he has to reject that it is a dream world and live the rest of his life in it. So, what is right and what is wrong depends on whether or not the perceived world is real or a dream.