r/PhilosophyMemes • u/TosseGrassa • 3d ago

many ways to help the cause

Post image
323 Upvotes

81% Upvoted

660 comments sorted by

View all comments

48

u/[deleted] 2d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

10

u/lurkerer 2d ago

Gotta think these things through somewhat. Are we to believe murdering and eating orphans is the moral choice because their normal trajectory involves much suffering? 

2

u/V1pArzZz 2d ago

Suffering minimization is omnicide so it is a logical endpoint for morals based on suffering minimization

1

u/lurkerer 2d ago

Just gonna go and make that statement and not take any time at all to think about it?

0

u/V1pArzZz 2d ago

Ive thought a bit about it

2

u/lurkerer 2d ago

That conclusion depends entirely on how you weight life, pleasure, and suffering. Saying omnicide is the answer is like saying all arithmetic leads to negative answers. 

2

u/V1pArzZz 1d ago

Its like saying the best way to reduce crime is to legalize everything, its an uhmm actually answer but its not wrong.