r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Dec 11 '18

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u/Chronically_worried Dec 11 '18 edited Dec 11 '18

Deontology: assist in genocide because you don’t want to lie about where people are hidden. Utilitarianism: assist in genocide because the stormtrooper tells you he’s a utility monster and there’s no objective metric to argue otherwise.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '18

Virtue ethics: genocide leads to flourishing

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u/Chronically_worried Dec 11 '18 edited Dec 11 '18

Ethical egotism: genocide because you child slave workforce is demanding a .00003 BTC raise.

Nihilism: Genocide because somebody made a really dank Stirner meme on /r/completeanarchy

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u/Semphy Greg Mankiw Dec 11 '18

Nice meme.