Okay, so hear me out: If you had a button that, when pressed, would give one random stranger a million dollars, but also cause another random stranger to lose a hundred dollars, would you press it? And how many times?
Because I keep thinking about how we value things, and if the scale of impact changes the morality. Is it always good to create more wealth, even if it comes with a small, unavoidable cost to someone else? Where do we draw the line?
Because I keep thinking about how we value things, and if the scale of impact changes the morality. Is it always good to create more wealth, even if it comes with a small, unavoidable cost to someone else? Where do we draw the line?
Okay, so hear me out: If you had a button that, when pressed, would give one random stranger a million dollars, but also cause another random stranger to lose a hundred dollars, would you press it? And how many times?
Because I keep thinking about how we value things, and if the scale of impact changes the morality. Is it always good to create more wealth, even if it comes with a small, unavoidable cost to someone else? Where do we draw the line?