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comment by Ubernox
Ubernox  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hypothetical for the day

The ends do not justify the means.





joelg236  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A blanket statement like that can sometimes be dangerous. Are you sure that they wouldn't?

Ubernox  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, there are times when an objectively bad thing (like lying) can be used to prevent an even worse thing from happening (like murder.) No one's going to blame you for assaulting someone to prevent a rape, as long as you don't cause any more harm than is necessary. I think the statement still holds through.

joelg236  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I agree, but I find a definition of "objectively bad" is vague. Badness is intrinsically something the person judges for themselves. If you were objectivist, for example, another persons death is objectively better than yours. Personally, though, I would value their life just as much as mine though.