RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing.
May 17, 2012 at 4:11 pm
(May 17, 2012 at 3:32 pm)Chuck Wrote: If humanity's survival really depends on a few people making major sacraifices, It would be utterly insane to tolerate the arguement "we have no right to force them to sacrafice if they don't choose to sacrifice of their own free will". At this point, all other ethical quibbles is overridden by the ethics of "the good of many outweigh the good of the the few".
I don't agree with this. The view that the good of the many outweigh the few does not supersede an individual's right to self-determination and choice.