• Katana314@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Yes.

    Everyone loves positing moral dilemmas and then leaving them for other people to answer, with a finger poised to their lips ready to say “Interesting” and point out some weak level of hypocrisy.

    I’m just gonna answer simply, and correctly: Yes. If someone is a repeated threat to the safety of others and there is any reasonable risk of the justice system failing to incarcerate them, it is better to end their life.

    I wouldn’t even make that claim against one-time murderers, but some people go far over the line.

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      14 hours ago

      In this case, it is simply a joke

      I never took my question seriously, and I would certainly pick the same. In the original dilemma, I would pull the lever.