I don't think that Locke truly believed that Boone would fall and die, and I don't think he would have taken such a risk had he considered it. I think that Locke believed that there was a risk of Boone becoming injured as a result of going up into the plane, and he decided to take it. Now of course in an ideal world no-one should put anyone else at risk, but if Locke's history and state of mind and what he was immediately expereincing on the island is taken into account, I daresy that Locke was motivated and influenced more by his own situation than by what would happen to Boone.
In his vision Locke saw Boone bloodied but still alive and talking, so if Locke had seen a vision of Boone in a shallow grave and then still decided to send him up into the plane, I think then is the time that Lcoke would have been acting very immorally and very selfishly. Boone was the closest person Locke had for a friend on the island, and I fail to believe that he would have risked his friend's life, espeically since all that Locke really wants is for someone to accept, want and need him, which is essentially what Boone was doing.
Locke wanted to know what was in the plane, and as soon as Boone had shown that it contained statues full of drugs (and when the plane started falling), Locke began screaming for Boone to get out of there. But unfortunately Boone was too busy having a chat on the radio to pay much attention to him. If Locke really knew that Boone would plumment to his death, then he wouldn't have been so concerned for Boone to come get out of the plane after his purpose - to discover what was in it - had been fulfilled.
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Originally Posted by Murgatroyd
who, at that time, was to say that Bloodied Boone wasn't a result of Locke's failing to carry out the requirements of the dream?
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That's a good point, because Locke may well have interpreted the vision of injured Boone as being a warning of what was to come to his friend if he didn't obey the Island's wishes/directions. It could be another reason as to why Locke didn't tell Boone that he had had a vision of him all cut and bloody, because what's the betting that Boone wouldn't believe Locke telling him that he would wind up injured if the Island wasn't obeyed. Locke had already seemingly been punished by the Island (deterioration of his legs) due to his lapse of faith in it, and so it's not too hard to believe that Locke would believe that the Island would punish those closest to him as a result of his attitude and actions.