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Would you kill the person who is about to kill?

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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?
December 10, 2015 at 11:16 am
Impossible to say for sure but if I accept that I know that this person is about to be killed and my actions in killing their assailant would definitely save this person's life, I hope I would save them.

The reality is probably closer to "see what's happening, have the initial instinct to help, dilly-dally about whether I would be prosecuted for murder in the assailant's stead, wonder if I put my own life at risk by intervening, talk myself out of action due to selfishness, chastise myself for being so selfish, decide to help but discover in the meantime that the person I was going to save had been killed, spend the rest of my life regretting my indecision."

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Would you kill the person who is about to kill?

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Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by brewer - November 24, 2015 at 7:16 pm
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by c172 - November 24, 2015 at 10:42 pm
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by Heat - November 25, 2015 at 7:55 pm
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by Silver - November 26, 2015 at 12:32 am
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by Silver - November 26, 2015 at 12:37 am
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by IATIA - November 26, 2015 at 11:34 am
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by Spooky - November 26, 2015 at 10:55 pm
RE: Would you kill the person who is about to kill? - by Clueless Morgan - December 10, 2015 at 11:16 am

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