I'm not talking about unpredictable tradeoffs and consequences.

I'm talking about intentional actions that lead to deaths. E.g. [1] and [2], but there are numerous such examples. There is no plausible defense for this. It is pure evil.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Institute

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma

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terminalshort 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Well those get handled. Perdue was sued into bankruptcy and the Tobacco Institute was shut down when the industry was forced to settle for $200 billion in damages.

	▲	imiric 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So human lives have a price tag, and companies can kill millions for decades as long as they pay for it. Gotcha.