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simply, i don't think that the rational can guide ethical behavior. when talking about this claim, i use a story from the Gospel. It is said that Pilate and the temple elite pondered the idea of having "one man die for the people." Certainly, it prevented Roman reprisal, ended a threat to the order of society, and brought things back to normal. It was the rational thing to do. They chose to kill rather than be threatened by Roman power that might be invoked to stop the followers of Jesus.
It is perhaps rational or effective that one die for the many. But i cannot say that it is ever just.
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For God so loved creation, that God sent God's only Son that whosoever believed should not perish, but have everlasting life.
-John 3:16
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