@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agoHarm Reduction Rulelocklemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1447arrow-down1imageHarm Reduction Rulelocklemmy.blahaj.zone@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square91fedilinkfile-text
There are no ethical choices under first-past-the-post voting. We must instead make a decision that reduces the most harm.
minus-squareOBJECTION!linkfedilink2•8 months agoMissing out on $30 vs losing $30 (or $300, or $3000, etc) doesn’t change the dynamics of the situation.
minus-square@Daft_ishlink1•edit-28 months agoIt does. Maybe for someone who has nothing to lose it doesn’t. We call that privilege.
minus-squareOBJECTION!linkfedilink1•8 months agoThe stakes can change your risk-benefit assessment, but the fundamental dynamics are the same. Even if there’s a gun to my head, there are limits to what deal I’ll accept. “Kill another captive and I’ll let you live five more minutes,” for example.
minus-squareOBJECTION!linkfedilink1•edit-28 months agoI know what a zero-sum game is, but I don’t see how it’s relevant to this conversation. Guess you lose two health bars? Seems like you presented the wrong evidence.
minus-square@daltotronlink1•8 months ago Maybe for someone who has nothing to lose it doesn’t. wait, having nothing to lose is privilege? I thought it was generally the other way around
Missing out on $30 vs losing $30 (or $300, or $3000, etc) doesn’t change the dynamics of the situation.
It does.
Maybe for someone who has nothing to lose it doesn’t.
We call that privilege.
The stakes can change your risk-benefit assessment, but the fundamental dynamics are the same. Even if there’s a gun to my head, there are limits to what deal I’ll accept. “Kill another captive and I’ll let you live five more minutes,” for example.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game
I know what a zero-sum game is, but I don’t see how it’s relevant to this conversation.
Guess you lose two health bars? Seems like you presented the wrong evidence.
wait, having nothing to lose is privilege? I thought it was generally the other way around