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i would probably peg guwon as morally bankrupt, but NOT heartless… i think that’s an important distinction. he seems to truly care for the people in his town, and he does things like this as he deems it necessary for the greater good of the community, regardless of any emotional repercussions—it doesn’t matter if it makes him feel sad or causes him pain to kill someone he cares for, because as long as that person makes choices that harm the community at large (even indirectly), the individual must be eliminated to save the rest. it’s a serious moral debacle, because you generally want to presume that killing is ALWAYS wrong—that under no circumstances should you take a human life—but in situations such as this where resources are truly limited and cannot be disposed on people who aren’t providing anything, what is the solution? when stranded atop a freezing mountain, should you all starve together, or should the strongest survive at the dispense of the others? this is the question being posed here, and it’s clear that jinwoo and guwon are in opposing corners. i think a lot of you are seriously doing a disservice to this story because you’re all just debating whether or not guwon is a red flag, when that’s really not the point…