In a way I find my answer too obvious and cannot see how people would answer in any other way.
You can answer it the other way when you hear it formulated as "if you could fix all of the problems of the world by (insert tortured child here, yada yada yada)", which is closer to the form I usually come across it.
Now, when you consider that the "problems of the world" include countless numbers of innocents suffering and dying every day, the question changes into something more along the lines of "do you sacrifice one innocent to save many...". It's still not a straightforward "yes" (do the ends justify the means? And if you decide to take the deal, are you ethically obliged to offer yourself as the sacrifice? etc.), but it isn't a straightforward "no" either.
How many innocent children suffered and died during Operation Overlord? Was launching the invasion still worth it, despite that?
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You can answer it the other way when you hear it formulated as "if you could fix all of the problems of the world by (insert tortured child here, yada yada yada)", which is closer to the form I usually come across it.
Now, when you consider that the "problems of the world" include countless numbers of innocents suffering and dying every day, the question changes into something more along the lines of "do you sacrifice one innocent to save many...". It's still not a straightforward "yes" (do the ends justify the means? And if you decide to take the deal, are you ethically obliged to offer yourself as the sacrifice? etc.), but it isn't a straightforward "no" either.
How many innocent children suffered and died during Operation Overlord? Was launching the invasion still worth it, despite that?
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