When the Pope was being decided in the conclave, people were betting on it. When there was hurricane or typhoons, people would also bet on the casualties. Have you seen people bet on about the war between Iran and Israel and now USA too?
If yes, do you think it is morally or ethically correct? For me, no. There are real people's lives at stake here. I think it is so tone deaf for people to bet on their lives. What do you think?
I think I agree with you. It's unethical and morally wrong to bet on something that is generally to be condemned because we shouldn't want innocent people to die or countries to get destroyed, no matter what country it is or what religion the people belong to. Everyone has the right to live, and we shouldn't be trying to make money by predicting which country will lose more lives and which country will win the war. That doesn't sound good to me, I don't know about others.
There are too many opportunities for us to make bets on, so many sports games being played each day for the whole year, and if we want to make bets, we can do it on them, it wouldn't be a problem if we don't bet on one event, an event that shouldn't happen in the first place, and is bound to take people's lives away.
So, I don't think it's ethical to make bets on such things when we can do that with other available events that are fun and related to things that aren't harmful for anyone.