@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-square100fedilinkarrow-up1100
arrow-up1100message-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-square100fedilink
minus-squareAsimov's Robotlinkfedilink3•1 year agoA great story that illustrates this question really well. It is by Ursula K. Le Guin, written in 1973, if anyone is wondering.
I’d just walk away from Omelas.
A great story that illustrates this question really well. It is by Ursula K. Le Guin, written in 1973, if anyone is wondering.