SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 年前If 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-square98fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down111
arrow-up190arrow-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 年前message-square98fedilink
minus-squareNightOwl@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前Then it becomes are you willing to torture innocents to save everyone else?
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前If they volunteer yes. But torture you sign up for isn’t torture; a key aspect of torture is its nonconsensual nature.
Then it becomes are you willing to torture innocents to save everyone else?
If they volunteer yes. But torture you sign up for isn’t torture; a key aspect of torture is its nonconsensual nature.