“If this policy saves even one life, then it was all worth it.”
“No, if this policy saves only one life while having massive negative consequences for many people, then we should find a more effective policy.”
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That's an imagined dialogue I just made up, not quoting anyone in particular. And here’s a relevant article. Excerpt:
When politicians say, “If it saves just one life,” they can appear to care deeply while simultaneously absolving themselves of the responsibility of crafting a rational response to a difficult issue. It allows them to trade on emotions instead of facts.
1 comments:
So which lives are you ok with writing off, John? And which "greater good" are you ok with asking them to die in exchange for?
Questions that would obviously need to be asked and answered in support of your position.
Seems an awful lot of Americans are losing interest in the assumed position that they should have their parents killed off for the greater good of enriching a Wall Street exec's profits (eg, which is the basic proxy measure for GDP growth in America).
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