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Imagine if people took a reducetarian attitude toward murder. It doesn't make a lot of sense, which is why people choose one big moral lie over self-awarely vio
by alisonkisk 6y ago
Imagine if people took a reducetarian attitude toward murder. It doesn't make a lot of sense, which is why people choose one big moral lie over self-awarely violating their own morality every day.
- Fnoord 6y ago> Imagine if people took a reducetarian attitude toward murder. Why not? Imagine we are murdering thousands of people every day. We're able to reduce this by say 50%. How is that not an achievement? Compare it to slavery. What if we are able to have slaves live with more freedom than the status quo? What if we are able to liberate 50% of all slaves? Isn't that commendable? Again, you step right into the bifurcation (black and white thinking) trap.
- names_are_hard 6y agoWe do take a reducetarian approach to murder, it's called ethical warfare. For a number of reasons most people accept that warfare is a reality today, despite wishing it wouldn't happen. Even so, they attempt to minimize the damage where possible, and they attempt to create rules limiting how evil war should get.
- Fnoord 6y agoGreat example, thanks for mentioning. I had it in the back of my mind, but I couldn't quite put my finger on how to explain it with that example.