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-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYou know Darwin himself was against the idea. He argued that our ability to look after one another was one of the most vital parts of being human and we can’t save humanity by giving up our humanity.
minus-squaregapbetweenus@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoHow did you manage to interpret my comment in a way that I support social Darwinism?
You know Darwin himself was against the idea. He argued that our ability to look after one another was one of the most vital parts of being human and we can’t save humanity by giving up our humanity.
How did you manage to interpret my comment in a way that I support social Darwinism?