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This is a failure to think, disguised as moral judgment. If a police sniper shoots a mass shooter in the middle of their mass shooting, that's a hero. Not a vi
by btilly 9mo ago
This is a failure to think, disguised as moral judgment.
If a police sniper shoots a mass shooter in the middle of their mass shooting, that's a hero. Not a villain.
- kelnos 9mo agoTo be fair, though, some moral frameworks (not mine) proscribe that any killing is bad, even to save oneself or others. I don't mean this as a "gotcha", but as a reminder that morality is a human invention, and different humans will take different moral stances on things.
- HWR_14 9mo agoThere is a clear difference between "I had to kill someone to save 50 lives" and "I saved 50 lives, so I'm allowed to murder one person as payment"