Which is more important global peace or a universal medicine to cure all illnesses?

Answer 1

One could argue that greed, power-hunger, selfishness and other things that may lead to some kind of war are illnesses. So then one could also argue that they are almost the same thing.

Answer 2

Let's put it this way: There does not exist now nor ever will there exist an unlimited amount of resources. Everyone cannot have anything they want. Some will not get what they want. How will you decide who should get stuff and who should not?

For disease, the decision is easy. Though there are a few exceptions, just about every human being would rate their own life as more important than even whole species of germs... not to mention those various diseases which cause suffering without even directly benefitting anything. A cure for all disease is pretty universally desirable.

But when you get to war, the issue is more complex. Without rebellion, how can oppressed citizens throw off unjust leaders? Without conquest, how can civilized and progressive empires penetrate insular and backward societies? And without war, will not violent regimes spend decades destroying themselves from within instead of marking themselves for quick, large-scale annihilation from the outside?

War can be ugly and brutal and unpleasant. But sometimes it is the best thing that can possibly happen. Violence DOES solve problems sometimes... it should probably never be the tool of first resort, but sometimes it really is a very good tool.

Answer 3

The goal, of course, is to pack as many people as possible onto the surface of the planet.

Global peace would certainly be important from the perspective of increasing the number of humans trying to survive on this planet.

But a universal medicine to cure all illnesses would do it far more rapidly. Humanity ought to be able to meet the goal of having a human being on every square foot of living space on the planet surface by, say, 2010.

Then we could devote our energies to conquering starvation, and building multi-storied residences out of human excrement.

Universal medicine is definitely the most important and should be our highest priority.

Answer 4

Global peace, because in peacetime, people thrive. In a world of peace, researchers and doctors would find cures without political influence and distractions. Now if they could allow the working class access to these cures, by making it affordable, then we've got a real miracle there!

Answer 5

global piece without a doubt.if we chose this over medicine/cure, even if people were ill, everybody would be at peace and harmony aiding to the sick, in our pretected earth.if we chose cure, half of the world would be curing the sick, the other would be at war, killing each other and the planet.then there would be no planet left for all the cured people to live.

Answer 6

Neither.

Global peace, while certainly a nice idea, can only be achieved if human beings have lost their ability for conduct independent thought. Peace on that scale could only happen as the Decepticon leader Megatron could do it; "Peace Through Tyrrany".

We don't want to cure all illnesses either. As terrible as it sound, we NEED a biological equalizer in this overpopulated world of ours.

Answer 7

Peace for all ,spend the money on space exploration and medicines and then we have somewhere for expanding now if we can create a way of me staying alive cryogenically then sign me up and i'll come out in about 2 thousand years time to see if it happens.

Answer 8

Global peace. Do you really think that the medicine would be available to everybody?

Answer 9

Hello,

(ANS) Both of these ideas are nice but somewhat naive I would say. Why? both are totally impossible and both are NOT realistically achievable ever given the nature of human beings.

**There has been just x2 days of world peace in the last 2000 years

**As fast as medical science & technology advances to eliminate serious diseases like malaria, or small pox, or polo or TB. New diseases appear or some of the old ones come back. Its frankly impossible to remove all diseases its juts NOT ever going to happen. It hasn't happened in the past and definitely won't happen in the future either.

**PS:- I grew up in a family with both parents working in the medical profession and for the N.H.S. My parents have given 50years to the N.H.S.
My father received an M.B.E for his work to the N.H.S.

Ivan

Answer 10

Tricky, both would cause the Earth to be vastly over populated.
You need plenty of deaths in some form.

Really, you would probably be best with global peace, but more fatal epidemics I guess.