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It's unethical to allow harm to fall upon innocent people to stop a bad person.
by vorpalhex 5y ago
It's unethical to allow harm to fall upon innocent people to stop a bad person.
- babypuncher 5y agoIt's not that clear cut. This is just a variation of the trolley problem.
- djoldman 5y agoThis quickly devolves into killing one person to save 5... it's a difficult question.
- beerandt 5y agoMore like definitely killing 5 people to maybe catch a murder.
- AlexAndScripts 5y agoMore like killing 1 to probably save 5. They aren't going to stop at Kaseya.
- AlexAndScripts 5y agoThat's just the trolley problem, as other commenters have said. This whole debate is, which is a shame, because it means we're unlikely to convince each other.
- vorpalhex 5y agoThis is not a trolley problem. The trolley problem has two assured outcomes - both leading to harm - and requires active intervention to choose the lower harm. This has definitive harm for a potential gain against future potential harm, versus stopping an active harm at no direct real cost. It's a bird in hand versus two in the bush. You can't use people in wagers like that.