nice to know us amoral, soul-less god-haters have another name

it's "utilitarian"
"Imagine that killers have invaded your neighborhood. They're in your house, and you and your neighbors are hiding in the cellar. Your baby starts to cry. If you had to press your hand over its face till it stopped fighting -- if you had to smother it to save everyone else -- would you do it?"

the only logical answer to this question is yes. i've watched enough sci-fi, end-of-the-world scenarios to know the good of the many trumps the good of the few. it's also a common theme in law and order. the only exception is if the baby is some messiah figure, whose safety is worth the lives of hundreds (i'm thinking ... battlestar galactica, harry potter, even buffy) p.s. everything i need to know, i learned from star trek

and the best part? at least for me:
"On the other is a utilitarian calculus "made possible by more recently evolved structures in the frontal lobes." "

you hear that? by being horrible, i'm more evolved than you. tag. you're it.