[lit-ideas] Re: On being called a Lyre [apology]
- From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:28:10 -0700
I wrote
It may, or it may not. This is such an unimaginative and improbable
scenario that I blush for those researchers:
'Consider the following scenario: someone you know has AIDS and plans to
infect others, some of whom will die. Your only options are to let it
happen or to kill the person.'
My only option? Get real. He's about to press a button that ill set off
an AIDS bomb? He PLANS to affect others. Shoot the bastard! Don't set
his hair on fire. Don't reason with him. Don't call animal control. Your
ONLY option is to shoot him. A clear case if I ever saw one.
Bad brain day. I see that in the example, the only option is to kill
him, not to shoot him. Same objections, etc.
Cheers,
Robert Paul
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