(January 12, 2016 at 9:52 pm)robvalue Wrote: I agree, it is a problem. There will always be extreme psycopaths who will kill given the opportunity. To fix that would probably require eugenics or something, which is a moral minefield in itself.
People generally accept humans have value because they have empathy. You can't enforce or implant empathy.
You're doing it now. We call people who don't accept all humans have value simply because of the species they are classified as "extreme psychopaths" that need to be "fixed."
So instead of the issue being 'do I care if some rando in china dies' it's "Am I an extreme psychopath/broken."
The principles of marketing work. And not just to get people buying different brands of beer.
