Bombs Now or Nukes Later: The New Moral Dilemma

Every Philosophy 101 student knows the dilemma. If given the chance to kill Adolf Hitler years before his tyrannical ambitions unleashed death and destruction, would you be willing to pull the trigger and end the life of the innocent Austrian art student he seemed to be?For most of us, the answer was clear.Given what you know now – that Hitler would be responsible for the deaths of millions – the life of that aspiring but not very talented art student would be a small price to pay to at least attempt to prevent the Holocaust and World War II. Of course, there would be unforeseen and…