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ETHICS DEBATE #3: Now I Am Become Death

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Alright, no more discussion of the limits of free trade. Let's talk about technology. I saw a lively debate on here between @TheTroubleWithPibbles, @August, @Geralt_of_Uganda, etc, about whether it is ethical to develop technologies...

Scenario

This, of course, actually happened

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant scientist.

being so brilliant, he was able to conceive of, and help build, the greatest weapon known to mankind - the atomic bomb.

Oppenheimer, of course, didn't know the long term consequences of developing such a weapon - but he understood the sheer destructive potential of such a device.

Your question is: Was Oppenheimer acting ethically by assisting to develop the atomic bomb?

NOTE: In this hypothetical, history is at a crossroads. You don't know what will happen in the future - whether the device you created will be used to end life on earth or to usher in a new golden age.

:marseypastor:

EXTREMELY ethical: If Oppenheimer didn't do this, it would be evil

:marseyangel:

VERY ethical: It was good that Oppenheimer did this, but if he didn't, they wouldn't be evil.

:marseyshrug:

ethical: It was neither good nor evil that Oppenheimer did this. It is acceptable, but not commendable.

:marseydevil:

unethical: It was evil that Oppenheimer did this

:marseyakshually:

Machiavellian: Who cares? Ethics doesn't exist. War has no ethical value - it's just the powerful imposing their will on the less powerful. Also, where's my fricking crayons? :marseycrayoneater:

:marseycrayoneater:

:marseyconfused:

I'm not sure/I need more information

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I'm neutral :marseyshrug: , but it is funny how he went all emo after dunking on the japs. Like what did he think was going to happen :marseymushroomcloud:

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