@SeahorseTreble to Ask Lemmy • 2 years 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-square96arrow-up1102arrow-down111
arrow-up191arrow-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 to Ask Lemmy • 2 years agomessage-square96
minus-squareAsimov's Robotlink3•2 years agoA great story that illustrates this question really well. It is by Ursula K. Le Guin, written in 1973, if anyone is wondering.
A great story that illustrates this question really well. It is by Ursula K. Le Guin, written in 1973, if anyone is wondering.