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You're essentially saying that autoritarianism is better because it can at times disregard individual rights in the name of efficiency.
by lumberjack 11y ago
You're essentially saying that autoritarianism is better because it can at times disregard individual rights in the name of efficiency.
- ramblerman 11y agoHe proposed this is one advantage that system has in this particular matter. You didn't disprove that point, just reword it into the ominous general case (totalitarianism == good) which is a statement he never made.
- lumberjack 11y agoYes, he's saying that it is a good feature to be able.to disregard individual rights in the name of overall efficiency. To say that that is controversial is an understatement.
- danparsonson 11y agoIt's a classic moral dilemma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem). If you knew 100 people would die this year but you could do something that would save them all at the expense of killing 50 other people, what would you do? The coldly logical choice is to "disregard individual rights in the name of overall efficiency" and prefer 50 deaths to 100, particularly if you're a government - isn't it?