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Re:Tesla factory worker calls for a union: “We need to stand... by AlexandrB on Thursday February 09, 2017 @03:44PM (#13610777)
> It would be sensible to sacrifice the well-being of a small group in order to save the whole, if it's necessary to do so.

To paraphrase: "The ends justify the means".

I disagree. That road leads to all kinds of evil.

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Re:Tesla factory worker calls for a union: “We need to stand... by adventured on Thursday February 09, 2017 @03:56PM (#13610887)
The key part of that, that makes it obviously morally correct is:

> if it's necessary to do so

There is no road in the context. It's either sacrifice the small group, or save the whole - that's the entire proposition. If you remove the necessity part, that changes the equation entirely.

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Re:Tesla factory worker calls for a union: “We need to stand... by AlexandrB on Thursday February 09, 2017 @04:28PM (#13611154)
> The key part of that, that makes it obviously morally correct is...

There's nothing obvious about it, look at the debates around assassinating Hitler for a historical example: http://theconversation.com/killing-hitler-when-is-assassinat...

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Re:Tesla factory worker calls for a union: “We need to stand... by CamelCaseName on Thursday February 09, 2017 @11:42PM (#13613269)
>That road leads to all kinds of evil.

As long as we drive on that road on autopilot, no one will notice.

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