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Another uncomfortable ethics question!
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RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question!
(October 30, 2010 at 9:17 am)ib.me.ub Wrote: Well it's probably not so uncomfotable for most people around here, or most people period.

There is a train hurtling down the tracks towards 10 people, who are unable to escape. You can divert the train onto another set of tracks, but this set has 10 ducks on it, who are also unable to escape.

Which would you choose to survive?

And before you select the so called obvious answer, ask yourself why are people more important than ducks!

I would save the ten people, I have a reason to promote a desire to save humans over ducks (or any animal) as it is a desire that is one that tends to promote the desire to live, and since I desire to live promoting the desire to chose the humans over the ducks is in my best interest. It is also in the best interests of everyone else with the desire to live that I promote the desire to chose humans over ducks.
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Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by ib.me.ub - October 30, 2010 at 9:17 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Zen Badger - October 30, 2010 at 9:25 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Tiberius - October 30, 2010 at 9:25 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by ib.me.ub - October 30, 2010 at 9:29 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Zen Badger - October 30, 2010 at 9:32 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by ib.me.ub - October 30, 2010 at 9:34 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Violet - October 30, 2010 at 9:35 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Zen Badger - October 30, 2010 at 9:45 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Anomalocaris - October 31, 2010 at 11:03 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by downbeatplumb - October 30, 2010 at 10:13 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Violet - October 30, 2010 at 11:14 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Dotard - October 30, 2010 at 11:36 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Skipper - October 30, 2010 at 4:13 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Shell B - October 30, 2010 at 10:43 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by ib.me.ub - October 31, 2010 at 7:09 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Edwardo Piet - October 31, 2010 at 7:27 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by ib.me.ub - October 31, 2010 at 7:54 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Edwardo Piet - October 31, 2010 at 8:43 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by ib.me.ub - October 31, 2010 at 8:59 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Edwardo Piet - October 31, 2010 at 9:35 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by ib.me.ub - October 31, 2010 at 10:15 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Violet - November 1, 2010 at 10:34 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by MysterMenace - November 1, 2010 at 9:35 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by theVOID - November 1, 2010 at 10:22 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by theVOID - November 1, 2010 at 10:36 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Violet - November 1, 2010 at 10:48 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by theVOID - November 2, 2010 at 9:25 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Xyster - November 1, 2010 at 11:13 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Violet - November 2, 2010 at 4:20 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by The Skeptic - November 2, 2010 at 10:51 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by ib.me.ub - November 12, 2010 at 12:03 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by leo-rcc - November 12, 2010 at 9:43 am
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Autumnlicious - November 12, 2010 at 7:31 pm
RE: Another uncomfortable ethics question! - by Cando - November 12, 2010 at 7:37 pm

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