ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 months agoHarm Reduction Rulelocklemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square214fedilinkarrow-up1471arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1465arrow-down1imageHarm Reduction Rulelocklemmy.blahaj.zoneToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square214fedilinkfile-text
There are no ethical choices under first-past-the-post voting. We must instead make a decision that reduces the most harm.
minus-squareOBJECTION!linkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoMissing out on $30 vs losing $30 (or $300, or $3000, etc) doesn’t change the dynamics of the situation.
minus-squareDaft_ish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoIt does. Maybe for someone who has nothing to lose it doesn’t. We call that privilege.
minus-squareOBJECTION!linkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoThe stakes can change your risk-benefit assessment, but the fundamental dynamics are the same. Even if there’s a gun to my head, there are limits to what deal I’ll accept. “Kill another captive and I’ll let you live five more minutes,” for example.
minus-squareDaft_ish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game
minus-squareOBJECTION!linkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoI know what a zero-sum game is, but I don’t see how it’s relevant to this conversation. Guess you lose two health bars? Seems like you presented the wrong evidence.
Missing out on $30 vs losing $30 (or $300, or $3000, etc) doesn’t change the dynamics of the situation.
It does.
Maybe for someone who has nothing to lose it doesn’t.
We call that privilege.
The stakes can change your risk-benefit assessment, but the fundamental dynamics are the same. Even if there’s a gun to my head, there are limits to what deal I’ll accept. “Kill another captive and I’ll let you live five more minutes,” for example.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game
I know what a zero-sum game is, but I don’t see how it’s relevant to this conversation.
Guess you lose two health bars? Seems like you presented the wrong evidence.