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Originally Posted by highthief
I think that's really reaching.
What if, what if? But to follow your own analogy:
What if a guy breaks into my neighbours house, I call the cops, the neighbour turns out to be Jeffrey Dahmer, boiling up little boys in his crockpot?
I guess I'm glad they're both going to jail, aren't you?
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I guess all those trees must be blocking your view of the forest.
The idea is that there isn't a clear moral decision to be made in the context of the question posed by the op if one's morals dictate that one attempt to do right by their neighbor. Is that more clear? The world is not black and white, and the best intentions don't always bring about the best results. The position that the morally superior person will always call the cops when witnessing a crime in progress(as seemingly advanced by some folks in this thread) is naive; the involvement of the police isn't necessarily going to make anything better.
Moral absolutes are teh lame.