SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIf one innocent person is tortured so that everyone else can live and the world doesn't end, is that simultaneously unfair but also morally preferable over complete destruction of everything?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareIf one innocent person is tortured so that everyone else can live and the world doesn't end, is that simultaneously unfair but also morally preferable over complete destruction of everything?SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNo it’s not morally preferable. Fuck that world that requires human sacrifice.
minus-squareRBWells@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI agree. It would be practical and coldhearted, not moral. It’s also a fake question because there is no situation where torturing someone makes the world a better place.
No it’s not morally preferable. Fuck that world that requires human sacrifice.
I agree. It would be practical and coldhearted, not moral.
It’s also a fake question because there is no situation where torturing someone makes the world a better place.