Phil: This is assbackwards. A way of life is meant to serve life. And if one is willing to wipe out an entire civilization, then it isn't much of a way of life to save.
Eric: Let me defamiliarize the question. The ambassador of an intelligent species arrives from the planet Jupiter. The ambassador explains that his species intends to take over the earth and make everyone on earth abandon earth culture, and replace the culture with Jovian culture. No earth religions, no earth science, literature, art, etc.
You have discovered a bomb that will stop the impending invasion, but the only way to use it will destroy not only the invasion fleet but all of Jovian civilization. Faced with a choice between abandoning earth's culture(s) or exterminating the Jovian culture ... what would you do?
Your culture at the cost of destroying the Jovian culture, or abandoning your culture and accepting the Jovian culture entirely while avoiding the destruction of Jovian civilization. No wiggle room, quibbles, exceptions, or negotiated possibilities. No outs, only the choice. Choose.
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