Morality Question
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View Profile I was reading a comic in which the hero must choose between destroy or not an alien's planet
-His friend tells him to do it, since they destroyed half of their world and killed billions of people
-His girlfriend tells him to not do it, since on that planet there are, in addition to soldiers, people who live normal lives and didn't take part in the killing, still considering them as underdeveloped civilization
So, who do you think is right?
If these are literally the only relevant facts then absolutely not. Like Zawmbee said, there is not a single theory of ethics which would condone it. I don't know how to elaborate on this without enumerating everything ever written on the subject and showing that it all points to option 2.
If there are other facts you're leaving out, like otherwise they'll attack us again or whatever, then that's different.
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View Profile an eye for an eye makes the whole galaxy blind
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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View Profile If they have been able to kill billions of people it means they are a menace for mankind. To protect our race we have to destroy them all, even killing innocents, and prevent for future attacks.
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View Profile If they have been able to kill billions of people it means they are a menace for mankind. To protect our race we have to destroy them all, even killing innocents, and prevent for future attacks.
Says the Italian?
Oh my.
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View Profile Says the Italian?
Oh my.
What do you mean?
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View Profile If they have been able to kill billions of people it means they are a menace for mankind. To protect our race we have to destroy them all, even killing innocents, and prevent for future attacks.
All these nigger thugs on the street have been raping white women and smoking crack cocaine, better eradicate all black Americans regardless of their actions or social status.
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View Profile Says the Italian?
Oh my.
You know, I'm Italian too
Can you please explain me your answer, mister?
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Subjecting himself to same moral decision the aliens made that wiped out half the heros planet, would only bring the hero to the same level as the aliens. Therefor the only reasonable option would to NOT destroy the planet.
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View Profile All these nigger thugs on the street have been raping white women and smoking crack cocaine, better eradicate all black Americans regardless of their actions or social status.
Niggers are men, aliens aren't.
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View Profile On one hand he kills a whole bunch of people, and it has cool explosions and shit. BUT on the other hand he gets pussy, so what's the moral choice you ask? I think it's pretty obvious.
yeah, but if you disrespect the woman and do the alpha thing and kick everything's ass, you'll get her pussy anyways. bitches love disrepsect.
If these are literally the only relevant facts then absolutely not. Like Zawmbee said, there is not a single theory of ethics which would condone it. I don't know how to elaborate on this without enumerating everything ever written on the subject and showing that it all points to option 2.
If there are other facts you're leaving out, like otherwise they'll attack us again or whatever, then that's different.
considering he said it was from a comic, hes leaving out almost everything but the ending. like: why did they attack, and will they attack again (as you said)
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View Profile Niggers are men, aliens aren't.
The analogy still works- you're making a decision based on a blanket statement that we've already established *doesn't* apply to all the members of a group.
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There was a time when people would disagree with you. You're just being speciesist.
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To a really stupid question. Kill them!
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View Profile The analogy still works- you're making a decision based on a blanket statement that we've already established *doesn't* apply to all the members of a group.
It's probably cause of my english, but I don't understand this sentence. Could you explain better?
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View Profile You are saying that we should kill innocent aliens because they *could* kill people, which is the same as saying we should kill innocent black people because they *could* rape white women or smoke crack cocaine. Neither of these things are reasonable because you are deciding you should kill them based on a characteristic they don't have, which is almost like killing them for no reason.