Thanks so much for commenting! I've always been extremely fond of Chase, so needless to say that I was very concerned by last night's episode. Even if there are no legal consequences (I doubt there will be, because otherwise, first degree manslaughter carries a sentence of 20-25 years to life, and there haven't been spoilers about the actor leaving the show), as he said himself, only a psychopath wouldn't have "some sort of breakdown" after this.
The fascinating thing is that there is no right answer: say it's universally wrong to kill, there go two million people. But on the other hand, there's the right of the individual to live. Is every life equally sacred from a moral perspective? Can something that's usually considered a sin be the moral thing if it prevents such widespread suffering? And that's not even considering the legal ramifications...
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Date: 2009-10-06 11:01 pm (UTC)The fascinating thing is that there is no right answer: say it's universally wrong to kill, there go two million people. But on the other hand, there's the right of the individual to live. Is every life equally sacred from a moral perspective? Can something that's usually considered a sin be the moral thing if it prevents such widespread suffering? And that's not even considering the legal ramifications...
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