RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
May 18, 2016 at 5:04 pm
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2016 at 5:07 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Hell, you probably wouldn't even choose not to intervene. People just freeze. This is going to sound horrible, but I've -been- the trolley, and from the trolley's perspective...we look like deer in front of a van. There don't seem to be alot of complicated moral decision-making processes going on. Those that don't freeze - just get out of the way...sometimes they grab the people next to them..sometimes they run right under the arc to grab someone...but mostly, they freeze, and stare. Saw more than a few eye covering screamers too, I guess. Not half as unnerving as the bug eyed screamers.
Long story short, I don't know that thought experiments like this are really informative as to our moralities, or our actions under duress -unattached- to any moral value judgements.
Long story short, I don't know that thought experiments like this are really informative as to our moralities, or our actions under duress -unattached- to any moral value judgements.
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