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What do you think about the concept of lesser evil? (i.e. when faced with selecting from two immoral options, the less immoral one should be chosen.) (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 week ago by Bidah@thelemmy.club to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And of course, there's also the unsaid option of diverting it and liberating the one in time, then the rest.

But, that is more difficult to pull off. Though better. I think if both the greater and the lesser evil support a greatly harmful outcome, then the only winning option is to support neither and fight for an option that's better.

With FPTP in the USA, the winning option would have been that everyone who normally voted Dem, voted for Green or the Democratic Socialist Party. But again, harder to pull off since you gotta convince so many people.

[–] SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Five people call out to you to save their lives with the simple pull of a lever and you shout back to them “No, I am too principled. Perhaps if I had the abilities of Superman I could save you all with this lever and then also save that person with my hands but I recognize my limitations and will therefore choose the outcome where more people will die rather than fewer.”

They’re all so proud of you for those next five seconds.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Diverting it to the direction of the one, and liberating the one, is what was meant. It'd be good to read before commenting.

[–] SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

With FPTP in the USA, the winning option would have been that everyone who normally voted Dem, voted for Green or the Democratic Socialist Party. But again, harder to pull off since you gotta convince so many people.

This is you not pulling the lever.