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linkhyrule5 comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapters 105-107 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: linkhyrule5 18 February 2015 07:43:22AM 0 points [-]

Well, it seems to be axiomatic. It's not a matter of "being responsible for a death" so much as "death is bad." Even in a violent situation, the ideal is to save everyone's life.

As he then says, though, if you can't save everyone, you have no right playing batman.