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-down112
arrow-up189arrow-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-squareintensely_humanlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIf they volunteer yes. But torture you sign up for isn’t torture; a key aspect of torture is its nonconsensual nature.
If they volunteer yes. But torture you sign up for isn’t torture; a key aspect of torture is its nonconsensual nature.