I mostly agree. I think the sentiment is more properly, one 'unnecessary' death or 'avoidable' death is too many. Like the argument that the atomic bombs saved portentially millions of Japanese and Allies lives. Yes, the bombs themselves killed hundreds of thousands, but we were at war and the answer to war is for someone to end it. A single death beyond what was necessary to end the conflict is a worse tragedy. I think Prez views things like that with this coronavirus thing and he's more upset at the blatant attempts to NOT cure the virus. That just my take.
It's a fair point and honestly the thought experiment is straight from a Philosophy 101 course in college "Would you kill 1 person to save 5?" The Trolley Dilemma, if you were at a train track and had to pull a lever, .
You realise that if you pull the lever, the tram will be diverted down a second set of tracks away from the five unsuspecting workers.
However, down this side track is one lone worker, just as oblivious as his colleagues.
So, would you pull the lever, leading to one death but saving five?
One unnecessary death or avoidable death is too many - but that is in a vacuum with no other variables. If we're talking minimizing TOTAL amount of pain and suffering and destruction that is a complex discussion.
I mostly agree. I think the sentiment is more properly, one 'unnecessary' death or 'avoidable' death is too many. Like the argument that the atomic bombs saved portentially millions of Japanese and Allies lives. Yes, the bombs themselves killed hundreds of thousands, but we were at war and the answer to war is for someone to end it. A single death beyond what was necessary to end the conflict is a worse tragedy. I think Prez views things like that with this coronavirus thing and he's more upset at the blatant attempts to NOT cure the virus. That just my take.
It's a fair point and honestly the thought experiment is straight from a Philosophy 101 course in college "Would you kill 1 person to save 5?" The Trolley Dilemma, if you were at a train track and had to pull a lever, .
You realise that if you pull the lever, the tram will be diverted down a second set of tracks away from the five unsuspecting workers.
However, down this side track is one lone worker, just as oblivious as his colleagues.
So, would you pull the lever, leading to one death but saving five?
One unnecessary death or avoidable death is too many - but that is in a vacuum with no other variables. If we're talking minimizing TOTAL amount of pain and suffering and destruction that is a complex discussion.