All Tau are expected to act in benefit to as many of their kind as possible, and screwing over others to benefit yourself is seen as one of the greatest sins you could commit. Tau: Their main philosophy, the so-called "Greater Good", is essentially this.And those they lose? They just eat their corpses and recycle the biomass. Tyranids: Subvert this by a long shot, lose billions but in the end they win and eat the planet dead and all.Despite this, the survival of a craftworld or attempt to recover the soulstones always take higher priority. All while being fully aware that And I Must Scream doesn't even begin to describe the posthumous experience of an eldar that got his soulstone broken or captured. Sure, they will abuse every dirty trick from their HUGE bag, but they still take losses even on successful raids and eldar expeditions end in disaster more often than one would think.
Played straight when manipulating monkeys isn't gonna cut it and eldar have to enter the fray.Eldar: They flip this trope, sacrifice the billions of non-eldar for the few eldar.okay, let's just say sacrifice a few billion for even more trillions. In some cases sacrifice the planet for the millions of other planets. Imperium of Man: Sacrifice plenty of Imperial Guard to win back a planet or successfully defending one.Warhammer 40,000: This trope is played straight by various factions.Archangels often use them for missions that would upset more emotional angels, but which Elohim will calmly accept once provided with an explanation for why, say, assassinating this one person will benefit the world as a whole. In Nomine: The Elohim's detached, logical and objective approach means that they're often the angels most willing to sacrifice individuals or small groups for the sake of the greater good.
Such people have to strain themselves to show compassion towards individuals if the act isn't a net gain for society as a whole.
At first, this seems like a feeble excuse for 1's Dirty Cowardice, but a more moral instance occurs in the movie's climax when 1 proves that he holds himself to the same standard, echoing his earlier words (" 1 must be sacrificed.") before sacrificing his life to help stop the Fabrication Machine for good. 9: 1, the anti-heroic and questionable leader of the Stitchpunks, uses this trope to justify sending the frail and curious 2 out to his death - to the disgust of the other Stitchpunks when they find out, especially 7.For the more morally gray versions, compare Utopia Justifies the Means, Totalitarian Utilitarian, and A Million is a Statistic. If a group of heroes argues over who gets to make the sacrifice, then you have More Hero than Thou or More Expendable Than You. If someone is being asked to sacrifice themselves, this is likely to be What Is One Man's Life In Comparison?. If some member of a group needs to make the sacrifice, the question of Who Will Bell the Cat? arises. Although it is an old concept, the phrase itself is much Newer Than They Think, the Trope Namer being The Wrath of Khan.Ĭompare Heroic Sacrifice, Cold Equation, Sadistic Choice, and Restricted Rescue Operation. The most important part is just that someone has to be sacrificed to save significantly more. Keep in mind, "many" and "few" are relative. Mill or see the "trolley problem" in the Real Life section below for an example of this. In ethical philosophy, this is an important tenet of Utilitarianism (which is kind of present on this wiki as Ethical Hedonism), which considers the best action as the one that maximizes well-being - if more information is required, please Google J.
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