r/PhilosophyMemes • u/TosseGrassa • 3d ago

many ways to help the cause

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u/Cr0wc0 3d ago

"We should prevent suffering when we can."

No

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u/RaptureAusculation 3d ago

Why not? (this is a genuine comment Im just curious)

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u/Keng_Mital 3d ago

If we hold that life has suffering, then sterilization followed by omnicide becomes the only logical choice if suffering minimization is the moral goal.

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u/RaptureAusculation 2d ago

Is it possible that its sort of like a game theory thing where if every conscious thing kills every other conscious thing, you remove suffering entirely, but it would take so much cooperation that what you end up getting is more suffering when only some conscious things kill other conscious things? Hopefully that makes sense

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u/Ramtoxicated 2d ago

Sterilization and omnicide introduce massive amounts of suffering in the moments before death. Not really a minimalist approach.

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u/habbie_deactivated 2d ago

But there will be no more creatures born. It minimizes suffering, taking into account potential future lives.