Is it okay to let million people die or kill one person to save all of them

In Jain ethics, the principle of ahiṃsā (non-violence) is the highest duty and is considered absolute. The intentional killing of any living being, regardless of the number of lives saved, is fundamentally wrong. Jainism teaches that causing harm generates negative karma, which binds the soul and impedes spiritual liberation. Therefore, sacrificing one person to save many contradicts the core Jain value of respecting all life forms equally. Instead, Jains advocate for solutions that avoid violence altogether, emphasizing compassion and non-harm. This perspective prioritizes the purity of one's own actions over consequentialist calculations of benefit or harm to others.