https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas

Utopia requiring the perpetual suffering of a child.

Actually pretty fucked up they didn't credit her, it's almost the same story

  • Steve2 [any]
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    2 years ago

    The thing your supposed to do is end the suffering of the child. The ones who walk away are also not accomplish anything, and obviously you can't ethically or morally stick around knowing the kid is suffering. You must liberate the child, at least that's what I got out of it.

    • Soap_Owl [any]
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      2 years ago

      I feel like that is slightly generous as well. That would be a better end, true. While the story and everyone belives that the child is the key to it. The child is unimportant. Abusing a child doesn't do that. So killing the child wouldn't change anything. We don't need to consider the morality of it or think of cleverer solutions. The people are simply wrong and none of it needs to be.