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#1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"

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I will choose to push the fat man onto the tracks.
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I will choose to do nothing.
71.43%
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#1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
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RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
May 18, 2016 at 1:52 pm (This post was last modified: May 18, 2016 at 1:52 pm by Athene.)
My answer in regards to the "Trolley Dilemma" has always remained the same; I would choose to do nothing.

I find it much more difficult to grapple with the idea of having a direct hand in an innocent person's death, than coping with the deaths of others through my 'inaction'. 

Come to whatever conclusion you like about my morality.
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RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem" - by Athene - May 18, 2016 at 1:52 pm

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