I wonder what “Irish American Zionist” Joe Biden thinks of this?

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    4 hours ago

    So if someone gives you a gun and tells you to shoot 10 people in the head or they will kill 20 people, you are saying that it’s a moral obligation to shoot the 10 people in the head?

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      24 minutes ago

      You are morally responsible in some degree for 20 people dying rather than 10. Though, in that example, I seriously doubt that most people would think the moral choice is to shoot the 10 people. Probably because we instinctually know that wouldn’t be the end of it or none of the deaths seem inevitable.

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        Probably because we instinctually know that wouldn’t be the end of it or none of the deaths seem inevitable.

        Do you mean temporarily choosing the lesser evil is not a solution?