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21 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 October 2008 04:00PM

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Comment author: Keith_E 22 October 2008 12:56:22PM -1 points [-]

If the serial killer comes to the priest and says, 'I have killed six people and plan to kill more. You, Father, included.' Does the priest have license to act out of self-preservation? If not, are you crazy? If so, what does that do to your argument?

Comment author: Unknowns 04 August 2010 03:30:16AM 4 points [-]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Confess_%28film%29

The whole idea of the film is that a murderer comes to a priest and confesses having killed someone, then tries to get the priest falsely suspected of committing the killing himself. The priest comes close to being convicted and executed for the murder, because he can never say or do anything based on the confession he heard.