SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIf one innocent person is tortured so that everyone else can live and the world doesn't end, is that simultaneously unfair but also morally preferable over complete destruction of everything?message-squaremessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down110
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareIf one innocent person is tortured so that everyone else can live and the world doesn't end, is that simultaneously unfair but also morally preferable over complete destruction of everything?SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareAsimov's Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoA great story that illustrates this question really well. It is by Ursula K. Le Guin, written in 1973, if anyone is wondering.
minus-squaregapbetweenus@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year ago Ursula K. Le Guin So pissed that she is not much more famous. Earthsea is one of the great fantasy stories that people tend to forget.
A great story that illustrates this question really well. It is by Ursula K. Le Guin, written in 1973, if anyone is wondering.
So pissed that she is not much more famous. Earthsea is one of the great fantasy stories that people tend to forget.
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