The Problem of Wolverine in a Committedly Utilitarian Society, or, Those Who Walk Away From Westchester
@jenphalian @LionessElise sure! so utilitarianism, "the greatest good for the greatest number", would to many readings dictate that the…
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@jenphalian@LionessElise …most ethical course would be to harvest organs for donation from Wolverine continuously with or without his… -
@jenphalian@LionessElise …his consent, as the suffering he would endure is outweighed by the immense life-saving benefit to be derived. -
@jenphalian@LionessElise Le Guin's Those Who Walk Away From Omelas is a critique of society in general and utilitarianism in particular… -
@jenphalian@LionessElise …where in a thought experiment a single child is held in abject misery that results in everyone else being happy. -
@jenphalian@LionessElise the eponymous ones who walk away apparently have some dissatisfaction with this arrangement. -
@jenphalian@LionessElise Westchester is the location of Xavier's School, so it's being posited in the place of Omelas. -
@jenphalian@LionessElise long story short, Wolverine's power set produces horrific ethical conundrums that are rarely if ever confronted.
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