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Infinite Suffering (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Morally speaking people could argue that torturing immortal people is worse.

However legally speaking to you don't kill them and therefore the immortals are preferred.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No murder charge, just infinite attempted murder charges

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That would mean you did it on purpose. But you didn't power the trolley. You "accidentally" flipped the switch... And left. Since you can't do more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Though I do wonder whether a sufficiently good lawyer could argue that it's not attempted murder if you knew they were immortal