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Your example is situational, and also doesn't come close to his argument. The super-parent argument is that the loss of life in the immediate is shallow compar
by zanny 14y ago
Your example is situational, and also doesn't come close to his argument.
The super-parent argument is that the loss of life in the immediate is shallow compared to the inevitable loss of life from the loss of liberty and rise of tyrrany in the name of security.
If people are on the train, condemning many to die for one is never the right decision. If the train is unmanned (assumed if there is no conductor to manage it) you are trying to minimize loss of life, so of course you divert the train and just lose some resources in the crash. That example just doesn't make sense.
- platz 14y agoYes my example was poor; I don't think I got it right, perhaps I forgot the correct form. I guess I just am not sure how this inevitable tyranny manifests in deaths, but I can appreciate the point.
- platz 14y agoAs a side note, these guys might not have even been caught if we were not living in 'the panopticon'.