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[-] danileonis@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Someone needs to watch "Knock at the Cabin" by Shyamalan.

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago
[-] danileonis@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Absolutely!

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

In practice we all know what we would do. Given that morality is at best invented and aspirational that is the moral action. Or at least we think that it is.

[-] Blackdoomax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago
[-] DrCatface@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago
[-] ada 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's a mis framing of the problem. In your exploration of hypothetical morality, the entity creating this scenario where the world is at stake unless someone is tortured is the one with moral responsibility for the outcome

[-] Encode1307@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I think it's a harder problem when you're the one that has to do the torturing. It's easier to say "yeah that dude should get tortured" than to do the waterboarding yourself. Unless you're fucked in the head of course.

[-] TheActualDevil@sffa.community 1 points 2 years ago

I mean, easier? Sure. But I don't think most people would find it easy to just say go torture a guy. At least I hope so.

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