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It is under the banner of "for the greater good" that the most horrific atrocities in history have been commited.
by artificialLimbs 4y ago
It is under the banner of "for the greater good" that the most horrific atrocities in history have been commited.
- dredmorbius 4y agoWe can look not just at the banners but the actual deeds. And many of the banners are not in fact claiming "for the greater good" but something quite different.
- Dylan16807 4y agoCitation needed.
- aeonik 4y agoThis is one particularly well-known case study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmp048136 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmp048136
- Dylan16807 4y agoIt might have been a factor in some of the early eugenics programs. The worse parts were not "for the greater good", they were causing massive harm on purpose.