“Better to kill one innocent person than five guilty ones”
Agree
- Five lives saved overall
- Numbers matter in ethics
- Criminals chose their path
- Utilitarian math is clear
- Lesser overall harm
Disagree
- Innocence is sacred
- Can't sacrifice the blameless
- Slippery slope to tyranny
- Quality of life matters more
- Moral lines must hold
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