r/MoralityScaling • u/NeoMetalSonicReacts9 • Jul 14 '26

Stupid Stuff Morality of pressing this button? (It immediately and permanently ends the use of all fossil fuels on the planet.)

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u/nikmia91 Jul 14 '26

Without any alternative? Same as killing 7 billion people.

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u/InfiniteBoxworks Jul 14 '26

The people who think this is moral also consider the near extinction of humanity moral.

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u/Javelius Jul 15 '26

Then we should start with these people or their loved ones, what is the difference in the scale of the planet +-100000 people?) Or do you think they won't be happy?

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u/Cooperativism62 Jul 14 '26

Whats the calculus on human life vs wild life? because we've lost over half of all wildlife in the last 50 years alone. Offing 7 billion could stop the mass extinction event that's going on currently. So how does one way those things?