What ever. The reason why I don’t like that story too much is, I do not believe that, given the way homo sapiens are, demonstrating them that child in the Omelas would have consequence stated in the story, even if they are instructed that this is the consequence. It’s too much of a stretch. The effect of such on H. Sapiens, that I would forecast, would be entirely opposite. The Omelas is doing something more similar to how you break in the soldiers for effective Holocaust death squad—the soldiers that later kill others or themselves outside the orders. You make the soldiers participate all together in something like that. That’s why I don’t like this as example. I’m arguing against my own point of bringing it up as example. Because the reason we don’t like Omelas is because keeping child like this won’t have positive consequence. (and for it to have stated positive consequence, the people already have to have a grossly irrational reaction to exposure to that child)
Tapping out, inferential distance too wide.
What ever. The reason why I don’t like that story too much is, I do not believe that, given the way homo sapiens are, demonstrating them that child in the Omelas would have consequence stated in the story, even if they are instructed that this is the consequence. It’s too much of a stretch. The effect of such on H. Sapiens, that I would forecast, would be entirely opposite. The Omelas is doing something more similar to how you break in the soldiers for effective Holocaust death squad—the soldiers that later kill others or themselves outside the orders. You make the soldiers participate all together in something like that. That’s why I don’t like this as example. I’m arguing against my own point of bringing it up as example. Because the reason we don’t like Omelas is because keeping child like this won’t have positive consequence. (and for it to have stated positive consequence, the people already have to have a grossly irrational reaction to exposure to that child)