Shoq on Nostr: There is a classic philosophical thought experiment whereby one is asked: “If you ...
There is a classic philosophical thought experiment whereby one is asked: “If you could go back in time and kill Adolph Hitler, averting the Holocaust and WWII, would you?”
I’d like to change it up a bit and ask: “If you knew a wannabe-dictator populist would dismantle our 247 year old constitutional democracy and install authoritarian rule, perhaps for generations, could you justify his termination on moral grounds?”
If your answer is yes, would you be capable of doing the deed yourself?
I’d like to change it up a bit and ask: “If you knew a wannabe-dictator populist would dismantle our 247 year old constitutional democracy and install authoritarian rule, perhaps for generations, could you justify his termination on moral grounds?”
If your answer is yes, would you be capable of doing the deed yourself?