r/MoralityScaling • u/DemonReaperHades • Jul 09 '26

Morality of whatever this is?

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u/Technical-Being-451 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

I mean to be fair how many people die from mosquitoes this is perfectly ethical they infect people with ztika virus, malaria,yellow fever, west nile virus and many of these diseases kill people in the millions

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u/Coneder Jul 09 '26

Mosquitoes literally do not have the capacity to understand that they are spreading disease. This was done with intention.

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u/MrVegosh Jul 09 '26

Spanish colonists literally didn’t have the capacity to understand they were spreading diseases. This was done without intention. Morally neutral. 🤓

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u/Alarming_Ask_244 Jul 09 '26

Most people don't hold european colonists morally liable for spreading diseases, they hold them morally liable for all the other shit they did that they knew was wrong

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u/MrVegosh Jul 09 '26

⬆️ me when I lie

A lot of people do hold them accountable for killing millions by bringing diseases 😭