Irreversible Evil — Quotes from The Asylum

In my eschatology there is no such thing as a lesser evil,” said Arago. “With each slain being an entire world dies. For that reason arithmetic provides no measure for ethics. Irreversible evil cannot be measured.” — Stanislaw Lem, Fiasco

Transcription

“In my eschatology there is no such thing as a lesser evil,” said Arago. “With each slain being an entire world dies. For that reason arithmetic provides no measure for ethics. Irreversible evil cannot be measured.”

— Stanislaw Lem, Fiasco¹

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Notes

Enlarge Image Lem, Stanislaw, Fiasco, A Harvest Book, A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, New York, London, 1986, p. 254.