What Is Morality?

[ihaveanappforthat]

Morality. Must the ends of something justify the means? Is it morally acceptable to kill one to save many? Is killing wrong regardless of the outcome?

The line between right and wrong can be muddied rather easily.

All this talk about book privileges is boring, let's talk about something interesting.

Comments

[nunganunga_k_o]

Well...it'd be sort of rude to sacrifice that one for everyone else, wouldn't it? You'd have to at least tell them. If they made the choice themselves, they'd probably be more willing.

[ihaveanappforthat]

So you would tell them you are going to kill them before doing? That would make taking a life okay?

[nunganunga_k_o]

"SURPRISE! You are dead! Don't pass go, don't collect £200," isn't quite right either.

It's less a question of things being okay and more a question of people having options. After all, there are quite a lot of people willing to throw themselves on their wand for the greater good. We have a whole house of them, actually.

[ihaveanappforthat]

No, this was very much a question of what's okay. It was about morality after all.

And of that, I am aware.