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> 人間とは、わからないものだ。同じ人間をゴミのように実験に使うと思えば、神仏のような情けですべてを救おうとも考える。

I've come across this in a novel. The last part of the second sentence is
confusing for me. I've read that volitional should not be used after grammars
like (か)と思えば. As I understand, second sentence should literally mean "Just
when I thought that humans use their own kind like trash for experiments,
there are also those who try to (think about) save (saving) everyone with
unbelievable compassion" (a main character was thinking how to save his
classmates that had been experimented upon, and at this moment a man appears
and says the aforementioned line), however I’m not sure because of volitional
being used at the end.
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Volitional after (か)と思えば
The sentence has the structure:

> 「［Sentence A］かと思えば、［Sentence B］。」  
>  "Just when I thought [Sentence A], [Sentence B]."

You could parse it this way:

> ［同じ人間をゴミのように実験に使う（=A）］ **かと思えば** 、［神仏のような情けで『すべてを救おう』とも考える（=B）］。

(I think it should be **か** と思えば, not と思えば.)

The volitional 救おう is part of a quotation. すべてを救おう is what humans think, not
the speaker of this sentence. (The subject of とも考える is humans, not the speaker
of this sentence.)

"Just when I thought [(A:) humans use their own kind like trash for
experiments], [(B:) they also think of saving everyone with godlike
benevolence]."
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