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**devonin** · 12-30-2008, 11:59 AM

If he were clearly intending to maliciously bring about the deaths of 100 people (as in the hastily edited second example) you have a totally different kind of situation than someone accidentally through ignorance or folly allowing the deaths of 100 people.

IE. In the crazy person with the bomb example, you aren't weighing the lives of 1 innocent against 100 innocents, but 1 clearly guilty person against 100 innocents.

12-30-2008, 11:59 AM	#24
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 10,098	Re: Deep Philosophical Question #1: Would you kill him? If he were clearly intending to maliciously bring about the deaths of 100 people (as in the hastily edited second example) you have a totally different kind of situation than someone accidentally through ignorance or folly allowing the deaths of 100 people. IE. In the crazy person with the bomb example, you aren't weighing the lives of 1 innocent against 100 innocents, but 1 clearly guilty person against 100 innocents.