Reply #77: You say you are not aware of the logical thought behind suicide bombing [View All]

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Well, like in your own little game of logic, the suicide bomber attempts to prevent a greater evil by carrying out something which he may consider also evil, but less so.

So maybe he is wrong in his assumption, and his action is counterproductive. Maybe, subjectively, he did the right thing but, objectively, is proven wrong later. Does the same morality test of logic apply to your police action of killing this one person "to save the lives of 28 people"? Subjectively, the sharpshooters may have wanted to kill just this one person they assumed to be a suicide bomber. Objectively, however, they may be proven wrong later, because this person may not have been a suicide bomber at all, or the bomb would not have gone off, or they accidently killed all these 28 innocent persons together with him.