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Utilitarianism condones killing of innocent human beings, even murder, if it makes the world a better place.


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It is obvious that humanity faces existential threats of a global nature. They are global in the sense that is not possible to deal with them unless we resort to global governance.



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There are some particular moral truths that I believe we have access to (such as the one not to inflict pain on a sentient being for no reason).



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What we need is legislation, not negotiation, for the entire globe.



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To kill or not to kill, that was the question that haunted me.



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The Chinese are generally speaking much more reluctant than Westerners to killing as a means to the rescue of lives.





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