NightOwl to Canada · 4 months agoWoman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has diedwww.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square282fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down124cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareFleur_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·4 months agoHonestly I find that the opposite of grim, I wish more problems were solved in a cold and calculated way.
minus-squareVirtualOdour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoLike killing disabled people because it’s cheaper, farming slaves to provide cheap labour, that sort of thing? There a good reason we tend to prefer the more humane and emotionally guided solutions over the mathematically most efficient.
minus-squareFleur_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThat’s only true if you are optimising for profit. You can make a purely logical argument for caring for people.
Honestly I find that the opposite of grim, I wish more problems were solved in a cold and calculated way.
Like killing disabled people because it’s cheaper, farming slaves to provide cheap labour, that sort of thing?
There a good reason we tend to prefer the more humane and emotionally guided solutions over the mathematically most efficient.
That’s only true if you are optimising for profit. You can make a purely logical argument for caring for people.