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[–] xantoxis 250 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

"I shot a guy in the head, but then a different guy moved into the house where he lived, so it wasn't that bad?"

[–] [email protected] 102 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 months ago

Yeah so it’s not as scary as people think

[–] norimee 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"I shot 1/4 million people in the head...."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

But none of them were deputies!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Except there wasn't even a house left. There was a smoking patch of ground that a different guy moved to.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

This is the classic argument against act utilitarianism. It's textbook ethics. Literally, every intro ethics textbook covers it.