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Is destroying money Bal Tashchit
Rambam Melachim 6.10 says wasting other items not just fruit trees:
וְלֹא הָאִילָנוֹת בִּלְבַד. אֶלָּא כָּל הַמְשַׁבֵּר כֵּלִים. וְקוֹרֵעַ בְּגָדִים. וְהוֹרֵס בִּנְיָן. וְסוֹתֵם מַעְיָן. וּמְאַבֵּד ...
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Murder by infectious disease
It would depend on the amount of potential the infectious disease has to kill and how clear it was the other person would get infected through his efforts.
Before the infection you would be allowed to ...
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While knowing another Jew will mechalel shabbat because of you, is it preferred you do it instead?
So I have found a simple answer:
There is a concept in halacha that "אין שליחות לדבר עבירה" because everyone is responsible to keep mitzvoth in their own right. Therefore if someone acts on his own ...
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