@h11asan101 wrote:
when the stakes are this high morality is a luxury we can not afford.
I strongly disagree with the term "morality is a luxury we can not afford", but more important, there is no "morality" choice here.
Destroying them means killing a big group of sentient beings.
Rewriting them means to force a big group of sentient beings into submission against their will. That is slavery.
None of this is of high moral value, but there is a strong argument that destruction is actually the more moral choice.
Edit: misquote.
@holger1405 wrote:
Rewriting them means to force a big group of sentient beings into submission against their will. That is slavery.
Legion disagrees with that. As a response to one dialog option, Legion agrees that all species must be judged on their own merits and that we can't apply human morality on the geth and heretics.
He also said that "We stated the option exist, we did not endorse it. It's Shepard-Commander's decision."
And the Geth themself can't reach consensus about this question.
Imho a human can not "choose" his morals on the ground that the Geth are a robotic (different) species. That would be even more immoral.
Rewriting them simply means to force them into submission against their will, in my opinion that is indeed blatantly unethical.
In the long run if they are rewritten they can benefit from Legion's upgrade in the future...depending on what choice Shepard makes.
I also question how much choice there really is when dealing with Reapers. 🤔
But in the end this is all metagaming and should not play a role in the moment you make the decision.
