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Originally posted by sgtclub
I think you are right that this is a difficult issue and one on which I have never been able to reach a decision. So I just ask questions like why do we, in this case, error on the side of "death*" rather than life, while in all other cases we chose life?
*for lack of a better word.
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Perhaps we should reconsider all those other cases.
But it's a lot easier when you're dealing with potentialities rather than actualities. Why else do both the people with the $5 chocolate bar and the $5 coffee mug strongly prefer to keep what they started with than to trade?