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What do you mean 'be okay'. I think not caring how pleasant your life is is far from being 'okay'. It's very dangerous. And it's a state of mind that people have no doubt been in when committing both atrocities and heroic deeds.
This seems to be an arbitrary judgment on moderately insane people. Give reasons why you thing this is not 'okay'.
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You asked for a reason not to murder - I cited a reason not to murder. If you don't care about any given reason or set of reasons, then I lack the power to prevent you from murdering, if murdering is your desire, save physical intervention.
Pointing ONLY to consequences is an extremely dangerous game, since what actions have negative consequence can vary radically depending on the situation.(Such as a brutal dictator can generally have most people murdered with general impunity.) Generally, if you are in a position of great power, or seeking a position of great power, if consequences are all that hinders a person, then those consequences will not generally be enough to prevent abuses and atrocities from resulting.
It also allows any sort of atrocity that is socially acceptable(rape is a perfect example of this, as I'm pretty sure that there have been cultures that turned a blind eye to rape).
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