Suppose you see someone walking towards a bank with a gun. You have an opportunity to steal their gun. If you don't, and they go on to kill 5 people in an armed robbery, is the blood on your hands?

Suppose you see a hunter in the woods with a gun. You have an opportunity to kill them. If you don't, and they go fire on a city street and kill 5 people, is the blood on your hands?

Suppose you see a juvenile delinquent on the path to being a serial killer. You have an opportunity to kill an old lady in front of them to scare them straight. If you don't, and they go on to kill 5 people, is the blood on your hands?

Suppose you see a newborn baby. You have an opportunity to kill them. If you don't, and they grow up to become a terrorist and kill 5 people, is the blood on your hands?

[–] tetraodon@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blood might not be on your hands, but you have effectively passed on the chance to save millions, potentially.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

If I have to kill a person to stop a chance that a random person will be evil or misguided enough to choose to kill millions, it's not worth it.

Murder is wrong, and that's an absolute. ~~And then someone's gonna come in with the "what if you have to kill someone to stop nuclear war from destroying the earth, and you can't just get the authorities for some reason?"~~