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Originally Posted by politicophile
Why is killing so reprehensible that we would allow four (net) people to die rather than do it? Are clean hands worth more than four human lives?
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I'd like to hear a different moral framework that would enable you to decide who should live and who should die... that to me is what this boils down to.
It would seem that your reasoning principle is quantity (greater good)... there is no opinion of the 'value' of an independant life. If you can view people as just numbers then I can see why you question this.
This arguement to me looks just like the 'death penalty' arguement. Killing one to save others from his evil doings (quantity, or greatest good). The only difference in your scenarios is that you are removing any 'values' placed with the individual that you wish to kill.