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Who gets to define the greater good? We had share morals at one time with religion but that's been tore down relentless so what are those shared ideals now. Th
by Guthur 5y ago
Who gets to define the greater good? We had share morals at one time with religion but that's been tore down relentless so what are those shared ideals now.
The fact of the matter is that eradication is impossible so what are we actually trying to achieve here. Reduce impact on health care? Maybe we should ban smoking and alcohol then or maybe MacDonalds, where is the line?
- cutemonster 5y ago> Who gets to define the greater good? One answer is the voters and the government they choose (if it's an okay functioning democracy)
- fidesomnes 5y agoNo wonder it's a disaster.
- nybble41 5y agoWell that's certain an answer. Voters and non-voters alike are, of course, free to define "the greater good" for themselves provided they refrain from harming others while putting their definition into practice, but what moral justification do the winners of an election have to enforce their definition on anyone else or harm others to implement it just because they were backed by an arbitrarily small majority of the voters? Which is a subset of the eligible voting population, and (perhaps more importantly) an even smaller subset of those who will be affected?
- wizzwizz4 5y ago> The fact of the matter is that eradication is impossible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderpest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderpest And in-progress: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliomyelitis_eradication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliomyelitis_eradication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eradication_of_dracunculiasis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eradication_of_dracunculiasis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria Your claim is empirically false.
- Guthur 5y agoSorry none of those are corona virus, that's what covid is in case you were not aware, so your empirical evidence is nonsense.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoReligion should be torn down given its history of violence and support of ignorance and general attitude towards reality and science. Not violently of course but through education and critical thinking skills because it cannot survive under the light of the actual truth about the reality of things.