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LastTrainlast Saturday at 3:05 PM3 repliesview on HN

I conclude that you cannot apply consequentialism when the outcome is unknown, so the US has done something immoral and illegal, end of story.


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bluecalmlast Saturday at 4:02 PM

Idk man, if my country was ruled by a dictator who faked elections I would be very happy to see some outsiders removing him. Kidnapping (and hopefully jailing for a long time) anyone who is in power by cheating the election is a big moral win in my book.

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tbrownawlast Saturday at 4:18 PM

> cannot apply consequentialism when the outcome is unknown

Can you not substitute the mean expected outcome where the factual outcome is not yet known?

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calflast Saturday at 11:11 PM

Recklessness is immoral, and look how the discourse normalizes it so cleverly.