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11 Jun 2018 02:56 #322737
by RosalynJ
M1 Disc. 10,000 innocent civilians... was created by RosalynJ
Sandel says:
"Ten thousand innocent civilians live next to a munitions factory in a country at war. If you bomb the factory, all of them will die. If you don’t bomb the factory, it will be used to produce bombs that will be dropped on fifty thousand innocent civilians in another country. What’s the right thing to do?"
"Ten thousand innocent civilians live next to a munitions factory in a country at war. If you bomb the factory, all of them will die. If you don’t bomb the factory, it will be used to produce bombs that will be dropped on fifty thousand innocent civilians in another country. What’s the right thing to do?"
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19 Jun 2018 20:34 #323333
by MadHatter
Knight of the Order
Training Master: Jestor
Apprentices: Lama Su, Leah
Just a pop culture Jedi doing what I can
Replied by MadHatter on topic M1 Disc. 10,000 innocent civilians...
In this case, it's the right thing to do to not act. To become the murderer of the innocent to save other innocent lives makes you no better than the people dropping the bomb. Further, it fails to account for the option of stopping the bomb in the air. Sabotaging the bomb etc.
When life becomes nothing but mathematics we set up a situation where we could justify any amount of horror on a small or medium scale so long as we profit on the large scale and that is a very bad precedent to set. Context, other options, and the ability to not be the one that causes death are all vital factors to consider when making such choices.
When life becomes nothing but mathematics we set up a situation where we could justify any amount of horror on a small or medium scale so long as we profit on the large scale and that is a very bad precedent to set. Context, other options, and the ability to not be the one that causes death are all vital factors to consider when making such choices.
Knight of the Order
Training Master: Jestor
Apprentices: Lama Su, Leah
Just a pop culture Jedi doing what I can
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