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Would you kill the person who is about to kill?
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RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill?
November 25, 2015 at 8:20 pm (This post was last modified: November 25, 2015 at 8:21 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(November 25, 2015 at 8:13 pm)Beccs Wrote: Kill them both.

Solves any ambiguity.

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RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill?
November 25, 2015 at 8:21 pm
(November 25, 2015 at 8:13 pm)Beccs Wrote: Kill them both.

Solves any ambiguity.

Unique solution, plus it made me laugh.
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November 25, 2015 at 8:23 pm
(November 25, 2015 at 8:20 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(November 25, 2015 at 8:13 pm)Beccs Wrote: Kill them both.

Solves any ambiguity.

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At least, not when it comes to surgery...

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RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill?
November 26, 2015 at 12:04 am
Han shot first.
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RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill?
November 26, 2015 at 12:31 am
(November 24, 2015 at 7:35 pm)Jenny A Wrote: I don't know.  But the moral answer to me is simple.  I should kill the killer.  Actual laws which don't always reflect my moral sensibilities, squeamishness, and risk might stop me.

In real life it's not so simple.  How would I know the killer was going to kill?
OK, say that you had been in Chicago when that cop shot the defenseless kid 16 times. Would you have shot the cop to prevent him from filling the kid with hot lead or would you have given him a high-five for doing so?  Seeing that the cop-lovers charged the cop with murder even they appear to think that he went overboard with 16 shots.  They would have let him off with three or maybe 7.  After all, the cop that jumped on the hood of a car and killed the people with lead got off so the Chicago cop had no reason to think that he would be charged with anything at all.
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November 26, 2015 at 12:32 am
(November 24, 2015 at 7:16 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Would you kill?

Yes.
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RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill?
November 26, 2015 at 12:36 am
(November 26, 2015 at 12:32 am)Kitan Wrote:
(November 24, 2015 at 7:16 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Would you kill?

Yes.
Would you torture?
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November 26, 2015 at 12:37 am
(November 26, 2015 at 12:36 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Would you torture?

No.
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RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill?
November 26, 2015 at 12:46 am
If I kill the killer, then I find out the killer had motivations that were understandable, even sympathetic, should I kill the other guy to make up for it? And then myself for killing the first guy?
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RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill?
November 26, 2015 at 12:58 am
(November 26, 2015 at 12:37 am)Kitan Wrote:
(November 26, 2015 at 12:36 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Would you torture?

No.
So you have limits.  Isn't killing someone a lot worse than torturing him?  A person can survive torture.  He can't survive being killed.  A person will feel some guilt about torturing a person but he will become consumed with guilt for having killed someone.  Murderers won't get into the golden cube.
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