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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

If 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?

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If 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?

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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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Do you mean ultimate badass Talenel’Elin , Herald of War?
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  He. Did. Not. Break.
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  First thought!
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    Username checks out. Lol.

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