RE: Determinism.....
November 4, 2009 at 2:36 pm
(This post was last modified: November 4, 2009 at 3:03 pm by Violet.)
Kudos for the lolz (@Rhizo). 
It can be considered morally acceptable. But one must not mistake a necessary evil for good... lest they become that which they tried to destroy.
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It can be considered morally acceptable. But one must not mistake a necessary evil for good... lest they become that which they tried to destroy.Tiberius Wrote:If I had to pull a lever to kill 1 million people who I knew (and we're talking about absolute knowledge here for hypothetical reasons) would cause the deaths of 1 billion otherwise, I would do so. I see the loss of 1 billion people as more tragic than the loss of 1 millionBut one should note that every one of that billion could be a tyrant... and every one of those million could be the 'savior?' of humanity. (Edit note: ah i misread that. Anyway, perhaps those billion that the million would have killed would have otherwise gone on to kill a billion more. Just providing a counterpoint here.
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Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
