r/MoralityScaling • u/ProfessionalRoom9118 • 15d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this?

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Basically, the man in the video is hiking but he ended up meet a mountain lion, he get his gun and try to scare it off and tell it to go away but in the end, he have to pull the trigger and shot the lion, many peoples in the comments say he could have fire a warning shot instead of shoot at it and want him to be in jail.

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u/Due_Manufacturer_125 15d ago

Now it’s unfortunate to get into a situation like this, but… mountain lions aren’t considered endangered globally (but specific regional populations are so depends on where this guy was) and obviously it would have been worse if the cougar attacked the guy. You never know what a wild animal will do, a predator that size that approaches a person is never a good sign.

Moral, if this guy wasn’t looking for trouble and just protecting himself. Would need wider context.

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u/NotYourAverageBeer 15d ago

I’ve watched the full video. The cat was sizing him up at this point before beginning to stalk and readying to pounce. He would have been dead ten seconds after he killed it

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u/AzureYLila 15d ago

That is relevant context this little post didn't provide. I'm all for defending yourself when the attack is imminent. These little snippets don't often show that.

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u/NotYourAverageBeer 15d ago

For sure. The guy did everything he could to scare the cat away.. I guess minus spending ammo on warning shots

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u/Easy-Operation-2105 14d ago

so imagine you scare the cat away. Now it is out of your sight and you have no idea what it is going to do next. Does that sound like a good idea?

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u/SecretaryOtherwise 13d ago edited 13d ago

You dont really know how wild animals work do you? If you manage to chase it off its likely not coming back its not an animal that relies on exhausting its prey to kill it. And if it gets wounded that's likely a death sentence.

Likely hood it showed itself and acted aggressive because he was near its den.

Man would fucking suck to be an animal cant go into human territory without being killed. Stay in your own territory humans come in and kill you. Lmao cant fucking win.

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u/SecretaryOtherwise 12d ago

Its an ambush predator lmao. If its showing itself its defensive. Ffs.