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If torturing sims is morally wrong is it also morally wrong to stop the simulation destroying their universe?
by chr1 10y ago
If torturing sims is morally wrong is it also morally wrong to stop the simulation destroying their universe?
- js8 10y agoYes and no. It's not wrong to just stop the simulation forever. Torturing or repeatedly killing a virtual being for fun is wrong, but turning off ("killing") a virtual being for the purpose of it being turned off is acceptable. However, it can be wrong to erase their universe, if that potentially destroys something interesting the virtual beings have created. In other words, the intent matters. Killing a mouse for fun is immoral, killing it to research cancer is not.