“We should try to prevent bad things from happening”
Agree
- Preventing harm is basic morality
- Less suffering means better world
- Prevention is easier than fixing
- We have moral duty to help
- Inaction when we could help is wrong
Disagree
- Some lessons only come through hardship
- We can't control everything
- Natural consequences teach us
- Overprotection prevents growth
- Bad things reveal our strength
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