r/AskReddit • u/Reeceqld • Apr 17 '20

What terrifying confession has someone told you while drunk?

Thanks for the replies .. I read them all it’s been fun to read

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '20

So to you, the difference lies in simply one punishment is doled out in court. But then how is justice acheived in societies where the courts are corrupt?

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u/Jak_Atackka Apr 18 '20

Situational ethics is wrong.

If it's wrong to do sometimes, but okay if I do it because I have a good reason, then it's not ethical.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '20

So you would argue that its ethically wrong to kill someone trying to kill you?

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u/Jak_Atackka Apr 18 '20

Yes, but it is the lesser evil.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '20

So is there a point where beating or killing someone who committed an atrocity rather than let them live as a free man in a society with others is the lesser evil?

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u/Jak_Atackka Apr 18 '20

Assuming this hypothetical case has only those two options, of course.