You should never, ever murder an innocent person who’s helped you, even if it’s the right thing to do
You should never, ever do X, even if if you are exceedingly confident that it is the right thing to do
I believe a more sensible interpretation would be, “You should have an unbreakable prohibition against doing X, even in cases where X is the right thing to do”—the issue is not that you might be wrong about it being the right thing to do, but rather that not having the prohibition is a bad thing.
Toby,
I believe a more sensible interpretation would be, “You should have an unbreakable prohibition against doing X, even in cases where X is the right thing to do”—the issue is not that you might be wrong about it being the right thing to do, but rather that not having the prohibition is a bad thing.