Shufflepants t1_ivg3ddm wrote on November 7, 2022 at 6:42 PM

Voting lesser of two evils is a strategy induced by the voting system itself and the fact that you know something about how others will vote. That this article doesn't even talk about the system is silly. I don't know how anyone can expect to work out the ethics of actions within a system without considering the structure of the system.

Except for perhaps under virtue ethics. Maybe there you don't need to consider the structure of the system, and you can not vote for the lesser of two evils. But almost no one subscribes to virtue ethics cause it's dumb.

TuvixWasMurderedR1P t1_ivj49zn wrote on November 8, 2022 at 10:09 AM

Many Aristoteleans (virtue ethics) I know of thought very systemically…

Shufflepants t1_ivpkm8q wrote on November 9, 2022 at 5:59 PM

Didn't say a virtue ethicist can't consider the system, just that only a virtue ethicist could get away with not considering the system and remain consistent.

iiioiia t1_ivpbryr wrote on November 9, 2022 at 5:03 PM

> That this article doesn't even talk about the system is silly. I don't know how anyone can expect to work out the ethics of actions within a system without considering the structure of the system.

It's like the giant elephant in the room that not only do people not see, but they are strongly averse to discussing.

Propaganda works.