ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 5 months agoHarm Reduction Rulelocklemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square214fedilinkarrow-up1470arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1464arrow-down1imageHarm Reduction Rulelocklemmy.blahaj.zoneToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 5 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-squareDaft_ish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoIt does. Maybe for someone who has nothing to lose it doesn’t. We call that privilege.
minus-squareOBJECTION!linkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 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-up1·5 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game
minus-squareOBJECTION!linkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 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.
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.