Saturday, January 19, 2013

[PHI 2200] Precogs and Judges

Consider the following scenario, which is a mix of Minority Report and Judge Dredd:


Precogs can see into the future and tell when a murder is going to occur. Once the future murderer is identified, judges seize the future murderer and execute him/her on the stop.


With which of the following do you agree?
  1. Executing a future murderer is wrong (or unjust).
  2. Executing a future murderer is right (or just).
And why? 

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