Most people probably wouldn’t consider that moral as such (though they’d likely be okay with it on pragmatic grounds), but the more general idea of treating some people’s pain as more significant than others’ is certainly consistent with a lot of moral systems. Common privileged categories: friends, relatives, children, the weak or helpless, people not considered evil.
Most people probably wouldn’t consider that moral as such (though they’d likely be okay with it on pragmatic grounds), but the more general idea of treating some people’s pain as more significant than others’ is certainly consistent with a lot of moral systems. Common privileged categories: friends, relatives, children, the weak or helpless, people not considered evil.