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Replace "Killing Joe", with say "not giving Joe a million dollars" in that argument, what changes?
A rule whereby you do not kill people without their consent is much easier to implement, and results in many fewer bad consequences (including perverse incentives), than a rule whereby you do not refuse to give people a million dollars without their consent.
I'm not talking about a general rule against killing, I'm talking killing this particular guy named Joe, who's really annoying me.