To me, the counter-argument to saving drowning children isn’t the admittedly unlikely “Hitler” one, but more the “let them learn on their own mistakes” one—some will learn to swim and grow up more resilient, and some won’t. The long-term impact of this approach on our species seems much harder to quantify.
To me, the counter-argument to saving drowning children isn’t the admittedly unlikely “Hitler” one, but more the “let them learn on their own mistakes” one—some will learn to swim and grow up more resilient, and some won’t. The long-term impact of this approach on our species seems much harder to quantify.