@jenphalian @LionessElise …most ethical course would be to harvest organs for donation from Wolverine continuously with or without his…
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@jenphalian@LionessElise …his consent, as the suffering he would endure is outweighed by the immense life-saving benefit to be derived.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jenphalian@LionessElise Le Guin's Those Who Walk Away From Omelas is a critique of society in general and utilitarianism in particular…1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jenphalian@LionessElise …where in a thought experiment a single child is held in abject misery that results in everyone else being happy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jenphalian@LionessElise the eponymous ones who walk away apparently have some dissatisfaction with this arrangement.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jenphalian@LionessElise Westchester is the location of Xavier's School, so it's being posited in the place of Omelas.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@chaosprime@LionessElise That's a lotta reference to pack into one tweet. Good work there.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@jenphalian@LionessElise thanks! twitter has taught me a lot about economy of expression to the point of incomprehensibility1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@chaosprime@LionessElise I tend to forget the precise meaning of Utilitarianism (I prefer utilikilts) and I haven't read the LeGuin2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jenphalian@LionessElise you should read the Le Guin, it's just a short story so no big investment and it's terribly influential2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@jenphalian @LionessElise if partly because it seems to be subject to the most egregious misreadings
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