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Originally Posted by Botnst
Nice pirouette.
Let's go with your argument. It won't matter. Are the 50K lost in Vietnam more or less ethically significant than than the 50-odd sailors lost from the USS Liberty?
Put another way, if you had to sacrifice you life to save one group or the other, which would you choose?
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How funny.
The principle (in this case) is, whether or not to sacrifice live. 50 or 50K does't matter.
The ethical aspect is the grey area where the holder of the principle will establish justification as to whether and how much alteration will be applied to the principle.
Generally speaking, (quantitative) sacrifice of live is not a very good platform to determine the nature of principles.