Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: August 13, 2025, 11:59 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Antinatalism
#3
RE: Antinatalism
Does the fact that a bad outcome has a low probability negate the principle of taking a risk that weighs heavily on someone else? For example, suppose you built a gigantic revolver/gun that holds 100 bullets in the thing that spins. (I don't know much about gun parts, so forgive the terminology.) Similar to Russia roulette, you put a single bullet in and there is only a 1% chance it will shoot the bullet after spinning the circular part of the revolver. Now, in this example, you aim the gun at someone else's leg (who did not agree to it) and pull the trigger. If the person does not get shot, you give them $1,000. If it shoots them, you rush them to the hospital. The likelihood of another individual suffering is small, but it does not make it right to take a risk where someone else suffers if it goes wrong.
[Image: questionc.jpg]
Reply



Messages In This Thread
Antinatalism - by goddamnit - June 27, 2012 at 3:03 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by Tobie - June 27, 2012 at 3:21 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by goddamnit - June 27, 2012 at 3:31 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by frankiej - June 27, 2012 at 3:40 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by Tempus - June 27, 2012 at 3:41 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by Welsh cake - June 27, 2012 at 3:43 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by Epimethean - June 27, 2012 at 3:55 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by Angrboda - June 27, 2012 at 5:50 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by The Grand Nudger - June 27, 2012 at 6:15 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by padraic - June 27, 2012 at 7:13 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by Anomalocaris - June 27, 2012 at 7:21 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by Epimethean - June 27, 2012 at 10:44 pm
RE: Antinatalism - by noahide - June 7, 2015 at 7:34 am
RE: Antinatalism - by Longhorn - June 7, 2015 at 7:36 am
RE: Antinatalism - by abaris - June 7, 2015 at 8:04 am
RE: Antinatalism - by Longhorn - June 7, 2015 at 8:15 am
RE: Antinatalism - by AFTT47 - June 7, 2015 at 8:56 am
RE: Antinatalism - by Alex K - June 7, 2015 at 9:33 am

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Antinatalism Athena777 15 3370 December 7, 2016 at 11:05 pm
Last Post: robvalue



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)