• BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Ethics is our most pressing modern dilemma. What if the janitor and his two kids he raises alone are about to get kicked out of their flat unless he finds a new job, and he’s been looking for 4 months and it’s the only offer he got?

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      8 months ago

      Or I’ll even take it a different direction. Say the janitor is single, lives a minimalistic lifestyle, and gives money to anti-war causes or politicians actively trying to regulate these weapons.

      Can we quantify morality? Is there enough of an ethical net gain here to absolve them?