We have a moral obligation to be merciful, not just because it’s the humane thing to do—though it almost always is, even in the face of atrocity—but because of the minority report.
Though disguised as a neo-noir, in many ways Minority Report is really a sci-fi allegory about how corrupt systems thrive through the subjugation of women, the exploitation and dismissal of their pain, and the underestimation of their emotions and abilities.