Interesting thread.

I know I'm jumping in here late, but this does sound like a classic case of utilitarianism from a worldly ethical viewpoint. Does your pleasure (convenience) outweigh the pain of others (families who lose loved ones). But doesn't that come into play for any convenience machine or invention? I don't know what the statistics are but I imagine over the years the butter knife has caused some accidental deaths. Granted, it hasn't caused near as many deaths as the automobile. But as Tom said, does it matter if it's 75,000 deaths a year or two?

I guess the hardness of man's heart has its effects on all things, whether it be marriage, the automobile, or the butter knife.

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