#[morality]

[escuerzoresucitado]

[kindabuggy]

While it is not necessarily unique for a protagonist to have a “no killing” rule trigun is very unique in the way that it has vash break this self imposed rule and then delve into the aftermath

And- Vash choosing to kill legato (at least in the manga) isn’t treated as this lesson about how his morals are pointless and that killing is necessary, instead it’s treated as a tragedy

Vash mourns the fact that he couldn’t find another way to deal with legato and he mourns himself and the fact that the one thing he was clinging to the one choice he felt he had was taken away

And his friends mourn with him! They are absolutely heartbroken that hes had to do this

Idk i just haven’t seen any other piece of media go about the morality of killing this way

[nightmare-masquerade]

More sides in silly shirts I found on Pinterest (+ a hat)

[charlesoberonn]

Having empathy doesn't automatically make you a good person.

Having limited or no empathy doesn't automatically make you a bad person.

What matters is that you value other people and how you treat them. Not your emotional capacity.

Plenty of people who struggle with empathy go the extra mile to try to understand others and treat them well.

Plenty of people who are very empathetic use it to manipulate, abuse, and take advantage of other people.

[sinensis26]

"Oh so you think murder is okay now? You support MURDER?"

Yes. Full stop. Ive spent my entire life watching school shootings happen, seen my country blow billions of dollars on unnecessary wars, and stood in the middle of peaceful protests that get mocked and ignored. I did everything right, and learned that whats "right" simply makes you easier to ignore by the people who hold power.

I grew up in the sweet and docile "Babysitters Club" era, and have watched the next generations cut their teeth on "Hunger Games" and all kinds of dystopian lit. What did you all think was going to happen, when you kept tightening the noose on kids who were reading about revolution between active shooter drills?

I dont like murder, nor do I think most people do. But my god, you cant desensitize a nation full of people and still expect them to mourn their oppressors.

[lectorel]

The trolley problem: Here you are, at the scene of a disaster that someone set off long before you arrived. You could help, you could take action, but that would mean you also take on responsibility for the outcome.

Would you rather act to save people, knowing that by choosing who to help you are implicitly choosing who to let die? Or would you rather keep your hands clean by letting the disaster unfold on its own, regardless of how much worse it will be because you didn't act?

Half the people on this fucking site: the second, absolutely the second. How dare you ask me to compromise my shining moral purity for pointless complications like 'who's in charge of the government' or 'harm mitigation'.

[ghosttheif]

everybody shut up they're bonding !!