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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
What about unintended consequences for the Bombers actions.
I mean are there houses around, if he throws the bomb, can other houses be damaged. Also are you putting other fire fighters in jeopardy.
If you yell at the shooter not to shoot, does the bomber turn around and fling the bomb at the shooter?
I never think that these ethical questions can't be simplified.
It goes back to the question of, what if you go back in time and kill Hitler before he rises to power. Or what if Henry Tandy had pulled the trigger on Sept 29th 1918, would have millions of lives been saved.
Ethically you could say that sure maybe millions upon millions could have been saved. However if Hitler was wiped out, would an aggressive Stalin gained all of Europe and killed even more. Would an even crazier rival of Hitler have risen to the top of the Would Himmler or Goebbels risen in power and been even more brutal?
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Assume there will be no unintended consequences, assume the only the one house will be destroyed and that the bomber will not turn to throw the bomb at the shooter. Assume the shooter would only kill the bomber, and nobody else would be harmed as a result.
What do you do?