Only the person pulling the lever is responsible for his/her action though. There is a difference between passively passing on and actively murder someone

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (8 children)

If I hand a machete to Jason Voorhees I think I'm at least partly responsible for the people he hits with it. I know what he's going to do with that thing.

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In this case you don't hand him a machete, instead you murder someone innocent to prevent possible murders in the future by a third party

[–] 2d@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I guess it comes down to the weight you give the word "possible" in your sentence. If possible means extremely likely (and there are logical reasons to believe so) then taking responsibility makes sense.

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