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minus-squareozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agonot really… identifying and/or ruling out genetic origins of diseases isn’t racism. my moral objection to this is: we shouldn’t be scanning and storing hitler’s dna; that’s how you end up with Hitler clones.
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoWould a Hitler clone be morally culpable of someone else’s actions?
minus-squareozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agonot exactly, but it should still be killed as quickly as possible
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoWouldn’t that make you an immoral monster who “should still be killed as quickly as possible”?
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minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoMaybe if logical consistency is silly. You argued in favor of killing someone unjustifiably. Moral principles mean nothing to you?
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minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoI don’t think you’ve even broken it down to yourself. Killing a person who hasn’t done anything wrong is inherently immoral. It’s basic logic & moral reasoning.
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minus-squaresmh@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThe sort that would want a Hitler clone would be happy with a direwolf-style pseudo-clone with good marketing.
not really… identifying and/or ruling out genetic origins of diseases isn’t racism.
my moral objection to this is: we shouldn’t be scanning and storing hitler’s dna; that’s how you end up with Hitler clones.
Would a Hitler clone be morally culpable of someone else’s actions?
not exactly, but it should still be killed as quickly as possible
Wouldn’t that make you an immoral monster who “should still be killed as quickly as possible”?
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Maybe if logical consistency is silly. You argued in favor of killing someone unjustifiably. Moral principles mean nothing to you?
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I don’t think you’ve even broken it down to yourself. Killing a person who hasn’t done anything wrong is inherently immoral. It’s basic logic & moral reasoning.
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The sort that would want a Hitler clone would be happy with a direwolf-style pseudo-clone with good marketing.