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mk  ·  4553 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Moral dilemma: Would you kill one person to save five?
It changes everything if you know one of these people...

Here's is a series of questions this brought to mind:

Would you delete $1000 from the bank account of someone you will never know to gain $100?

Would you delete $1000 from the bank account of someone you will never know to gain $10000?

Would you delete $1000 from the bank account of someone you will never know to gain $100000?

Is there a number big enough that you would do it, and does it ever become justifiable?