• 0xD@infosec.pub
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    5 months ago

    The choice (even if the comparison really doesn’t fit) is between one person going to kill one baby and the other person killing five. You’re complicit if the second person wins because you’re more concerned with suckling on your own genitals about how smart and principled you are instead of dealing with reality.

    It’s really as simple as that, and no amount of your self-aggrandizing mental gymnastics are going to change that.

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      5 months ago

      You’re complicit if the second person wins

      If doing nothing for someone counts as support, then you can rest assured that Biden will have my support.

    • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      You’re mostly correct, but there’s something I need to point out:

      Being “complicit” isn’t a feature of consequentialism, and it’s not a feature of the universe either. If you’re doing utility calculus (which here you are) factoring in whether you’ll be “complicit” essentially boils down to putting your self-image on the scales determining the lives of others.

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        5 months ago

        I don’t understand your last part, what do you mean with “projecting one’s self-image”?

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          5 months ago

          Placing one’s self image. It’s part of the scales metaphor.

          If you take into consideration if you are “complicit” you are using how you will think about yourself as a factor in the utility calculus. I suppose you’re also thinking about what how other people are perceiving you as well. Does that answer your question?