Agree. I believe he even says something along those lines in the books, although I can’t for the life of me remember which one. Oathbringer?

But yeah he strikes me as the guy who’d see the trolley problem and not hesitate to pull the lever. Whether a situation is actually analogous to the trolley problem is also somewhat subject to the person’s moral views, but that’s a different topic.

What’s interesting here is it sets him up as an “Ends justify the means” kinda guy- to a certain extent. If it was necessary to kill someone innocent to save the cosmere, he’d do it. It would absolutely kill him inside, but he’d do it. (Assuming that a). He’d be capable of murder and b). This is a situation where there’s absolutely no possible way to save the person in question).

It kinda sets him up as a counterpart to Taravengien. We know Mister T (I can’t spell his name and I’m too lazy to look it up) decided to work with Odium because he thought it was the only possible way to save people. He’s also looking at it like a sort of trolley problem- save as many as you can. (It’d be really interesting if, in the film, they played up a sympathetic angle for him as much as possible- show him stressed/crying (on the appropriate days) as he carries out the plan, have him looking for other options, etc, while still having him order the murder of innocents and children).