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What do you think about the concept of lesser evil? (i.e. when faced with selecting from two immoral options, the less immoral one should be chosen.) (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 day ago by Bidah@thelemmy.club to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's not so much "lesser evil" as "achievable good".

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Tom-A-to, tom-AH-to.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Moral relativism is consequentialist nonsense, and like most consequentialist nonsense, easy to abuse to justify evil acts. I can't agree to that.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Back in the day, philosophers would stand in the public square and debate any one as an equal.

Today, 'philosophers' hide behind specialized lingo only they understand.

And don't say I could look it up. Einstein said that if a scientist couldn't explain what he was doing to a five year old the scientist was a fraud.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Okay, five-year-old:

Doing good is important. Sometimes, you want do do a lot of good but feel like you can only do a little good. That's okay! Do what you can.

Sometimes you may think it's okay to be naughty, because you know other kids who are very naughty all the time. But it's still not okay to be naughty, even a little bit.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

My father is going to beat up my mom if he finds out that she took his drug money to buy food.

Are you saying I shouldn't lie? That it's more important to tell the truth than to protect my mom from a beating?

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

False dichotomy, those aren't your only choices.

Further, lying isn't automatically wrong. Deceiving or otherwise inhibiting a hostile, evil entity is virtuous.