Interesting coincidence. I was just yesterday thinking of terming the torture position “Omelasian.”
As an aside, the ones who walk away are also moral failures from the pro-specks standpoint. They should be fomenting revolution, not shrugging and leaving.
As an aside, the ones who walk away are also moral failures from the pro-specks standpoint. They should be fomenting revolution, not shrugging and leaving.
Absolutely. Unless you’re the last person left, your choosing to opt out of the benefits of living in Omelas doesn’t actually accomplish anything. The problem lies, therefore, in getting everyone to leave, which is as classic a collective action problem as any, I suppose...
Interesting coincidence. I was just yesterday thinking of terming the torture position “Omelasian.”
As an aside, the ones who walk away are also moral failures from the pro-specks standpoint. They should be fomenting revolution, not shrugging and leaving.
Absolutely. Unless you’re the last person left, your choosing to opt out of the benefits of living in Omelas doesn’t actually accomplish anything. The problem lies, therefore, in getting everyone to leave, which is as classic a collective action problem as any, I suppose...
I agree with this. I didn’t mention it because I wasn’t prepared to address how that modified the argument.