Let a thousand guilty men go to save 1 innocent person

  • Thread starter Pengwuino
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In summary: Society would be better off without them, and there's no need for the courts to waste time and resources trying to deal with them. Society would be better off without them, and there's no need for the courts to waste time and resources trying to deal with them.In summary, an all-powerful, all-knowing being confronts you with a choice: send 1,000 innocent men to jail, or release them and let the guilty man go. After thinking about it, you decide that society would be better off without the 1,000 men, so you choose to release them.

Would you find him guilty or not-guilty

  • He would be found guilty, the 1,000 felons will stay locked up

    Votes: 13 59.1%

  • He will be found not-guilty, the 1,000 felons will be released into the public

    Votes: 7 31.8%

  • Other (chickening out eh?)

    Votes: 2 9.1%
  • Total voters
    22
  • #36
Murder perhaps, but this question didnt really specify murder, did it? I forget, I just thought it was just some serious crime. Since it was hypothetical, I didnt consider passion or not, but practically, I believe you are correct.
 

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