SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months 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-squaremessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down111
arrow-up190arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squareAsimov's Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months 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.