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by donatj 2466 days ago
> Is it okay for someone to murder a person if they saved more than one life before ?

That is a yes or no question. That is literally a binary choice. Yes or no - is murder OK if that murder saves more than one person.

That is literally the Trolley Problem.
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bitofhope 2466 days ago
That wasn't really the question, though. There was nothing there about saving lives _by_ murdering someone. It's more like "is it ok do do bad things if you've built up good karma beforehand by doing more good stuff".
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DarkWiiPlayer 2466 days ago
Nope. That's a strawman right there.

The question is, is it acceptable to tolerate someones bad deeds because the benefits of doing so is greater than the harm.

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JamisonM 2464 days ago
It is not the Trolley Problem because the literal question is "Is it okay for someone to murder a person if they saved more than one life before?" and that is not the Trolley Problem, that is the "letting someone off the hook for present and future misdeeds based on past good acts."

It just isn't the same thing.

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