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Originally Posted by Jade
As for schools of ethics not agreeing with keeping him locked up, there is indeed the school of thought in the ethical community that the good of the many should override the good of the few. Not everyone would agree with it, and it does tend to have drawbacks but it is still out there.
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You are wrong, utilitarianism would not support that action.
And for Jammies, when I said "schools of ethics", what was implied was "schools of normative ethics". Sorry if this wasn't clear.
Consequentialism, deontology and virtue ethics (I would argue virtue ethics isn't normative, but that's another story) all support my view.