Comment on Superman/Clark Kent is actually worse than Light Yagami/Kira when it comes to lying.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You’re making conclusions based on “good/bad” or “evil/just”. This means there are moral or philosophical definitions.
Light Yagami lies and manipulates people to get away with killing people. Clark Kent lies and possibly manipulates people to save or protect people.
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Kant, I think, might say you’re wrong because as long as each of these people is doing what is true to themselves in their own moral code, they are equally “good”.
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Bentham, I think, would say you’re wrong these are not the same because the outcome from Light’s actions is mass murder, while the outcome of Clark’s actions is safety, peace, and protection.