Would I eat a beef burger for one million dollars?

This question has been troubling me for a while.

Everyone thinks they have principles, but if I was actually sat down with the suitcase full of money and a flame-grilled, 100% beef patty in a sesame bun, would my principles match up to my greed?

Some people say that the good deeds they could do with the money would outweigh the bad deed being done to the animal between the buns. To me it seems difficult to quantify some unspecified good deeds. If mcdonalds gave a million dollars to the WWF for every burger they sold would that make their business morally acceptable? I don't think so.

Perhaps this theory can be extended. If one million dollars donated to a worthy cause offsets a beef burger, how many dollars makes it okay to eat a human burger?

But I'm getting ahead of myself. Back to the snack. So, I swallow the last morsel, dab the ketchup from my lips with a napkin and gleefully toss handfuls of bank notes into the air. I give it all to the WWF right? I don't keep any myself e.g. to cover my expenses. Or a solar powered rolls-royce to help the environment?

I can't help wondering about the shadowy figure in the background, pushing the money at me. Who would pay a million dollars to watch me eat a burger? Nobody nice would make an offer like.that. Would Ronald McD do it for the advertising?

"Our burgers are so tasty even Matt the Vegan can't resist them"

How is this for a headline: "Vegan eats burger for million bucks". Would be difficult to keep it quiet. People would be jealous because they didn't get $1000000 for eating a burger. They'd probably shout 'Sellout" at me when they saw me in the street. It doesn't matter to me what the world thinks, though it does bother me what my friends think of me. And if I could justify it to myself then I could justify it to other people. Maybe.

It is a stupid question because the situation won't arise. But the question of what makes people do the right thing or the wrong thing is a tasty one. And how the wrong thing can be justified is the cheese slice on top.