You don’t get to make the decision on who lives or dies; whether by action or inaction.
Only GOD gets to decide that.
Are you saying that if you had prevented the death of this evil,man he would have rewarded you richly? But then he would have been able to continue in his evil ways and hurt millions of,people? But you would have been set for life with all the money you would ever need!
Were you the photog who didn’t take the picture of River Phoenix dying in the gutter?
...of a spine and a pair. You sound like a liberal seeking ways to "find yourself."
My ethical dilemmas have not involved life and death choices. I’ll present an ethical dillemma of lesser proportions.
Sometimes on FR (and elsewhere on the internet, and in groups I’m in) people will say something that is blatantly false ... or blatantly irrelevant as an argument for a goal that they and I agree on... eg a candidate.
When and how should a FReeper correct another FReeper on facts and logic? We can send a personal FReepmail and try not to embarass the other person publicly. But if the other person is leading fellow FReepers down the wrong path through lies and illogic, do other FReepers have a role in publicly correcting the error... which may embarass the original FReeper?
Your ethical dilemma is that you were”playing God”, not wrestling with an ethical dilemma.
God chooses when each of us will die. Some of us go to meet Him in Heaven, some of us wait for Judgment Day.