Exterminio

From a utilitarian perspective, the eradication of smallpox (a virus) through global vaccination is arguably the single greatest exterminio campaign in human history—and it is universally celebrated. We successfully exterminated a disease. Similarly, the proposed eradication of the Anopheles mosquito (malaria vector) is currently debated by ethicists.

To contemplate exterminio is to face a moral paradox. Is it ever justified? The eradication of smallpox says yes. The eradication of the Yanomami people says no. The difference lies in intent, consent, and the nature of the "other." Exterminio

Consider the history of the . When rats carrying infected fleas swept through medieval Europe, cities responded with what can only be described as an extermination campaign against rodents. They hired rattenfängers (rat catchers) whose sole job was systematic poisoning and trapping. This was exterminio as survival. From a utilitarian perspective, the eradication of smallpox