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Would you rather (a) be innocent and get torturted to death in a prison-camp or (b) be the torturer who tortures the innocent person? |
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depeing on who i am? the tortured |
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well, the right answer is (a), obvs are we assuming the role of torturer is taken on voluntarily though? if not, then having that as yr job would be "as bad" as being tortured; at least if you pick (a) you don't lose yr humanity. imagine going home to dinner with the family after a day's screaming and mutilation |
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i think most people would be all "oh, of course i'll pick (a)" but as they're screaming and gradually getting tortured to death i'm sure amongst the screamed dfjgkdfg would be an honest question: "IS IT TOO LATE TO CHANGE TO (B)?" |
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(b), there are no innocent people |
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(c) stand up, flip desk over, walk out of ethics class, march straight to the department hed, demand to switch majors |
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i agree, wont be able to exercise any torture though |
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are impossible-to-answer philosophy questions a form of torture? |
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we all got to go sometime, and if someone is being tortured then it must be their karma, and I am just a cog in their wheel |
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So you think before Socrates went on trial and was sentenced to death he should have just left Athens and have stopped philosophizing in public - as many Athenians suggested to him? |
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I know it’s not an option, but I would rather torture myself to death. I don’t have to torture an « innocent » person, and don’t have to let an « innocent » person go through torturing me to death. |
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is it torture to make another human torture another human? why do you not help the fish? because you are a fish too |
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The truly ethical answer is to simply say "not on my watch" and shoot the prison camp guards. |
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Ethical, and manly, too. A perfect blend. |
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I like the character in Iain Bank's amazing novel Transition where the torturer character, through some rift in time and space, ends up anticipating himself (*spoiler*) torturing himself. |
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we ultimately do |
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