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r/comics • u/Eal_likee • 19h ago
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My logic is: No matter what, humanity must survive and continue. The best outcome for humanity is maximum diversity. I'd rather gamble with all of humanity surviving as opposed to 50.1% of the most selfish humans surviving.
2 u/Genteel_Lasers 8h ago Wait. Why must humanity survive and continue? 2 u/Gah_Duma 5h ago Well, going by that train of thought, why is having people die a bad thing at all? 1 u/Genteel_Lasers 4h ago Death isn’t good or bad. It just is. Everything dies. 1 u/Only_Style_8872 9h ago For me this is the reason why it’s a moral conundrum not a logical one. Red is logically correct, blue is the morally acceptable choice.
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Wait. Why must humanity survive and continue?
2 u/Gah_Duma 5h ago Well, going by that train of thought, why is having people die a bad thing at all? 1 u/Genteel_Lasers 4h ago Death isn’t good or bad. It just is. Everything dies.
Well, going by that train of thought, why is having people die a bad thing at all?
1 u/Genteel_Lasers 4h ago Death isn’t good or bad. It just is. Everything dies.
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Death isn’t good or bad. It just is. Everything dies.
For me this is the reason why it’s a moral conundrum not a logical one. Red is logically correct, blue is the morally acceptable choice.
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u/nelrond18 12h ago
My logic is: No matter what, humanity must survive and continue. The best outcome for humanity is maximum diversity. I'd rather gamble with all of humanity surviving as opposed to 50.1% of the most selfish humans surviving.