SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 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-square98linkfedilinkarrow-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@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 年前message-square98linkfedilink
minus-squareRBWells@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前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.
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.