RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
May 18, 2016 at 7:04 pm
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2016 at 7:04 pm by Aroura.)
Likely I would freeze up. I might wish to save to 5 people. I might even be willing to kill one person to save 5 others, but the time factor involved in this particular scenario would likely not be enough time for me to process it all and feel certain enough to take that action.
Is the fat guy a scientist who has the cure for cancer and is on his way to publish it? Are the 5 people on the tracks all pedophiles and rapists? I don't know. The scenario just doesn't have enough info for me to take action, so I'd like take none as a form of indecision.
Also, even if I did want to push the fat guy, I'm 5' nothing and just over 100lbs. He probably wouldn't even notice me pushing, let alone actually fall down onto the tracks.
Is the fat guy a scientist who has the cure for cancer and is on his way to publish it? Are the 5 people on the tracks all pedophiles and rapists? I don't know. The scenario just doesn't have enough info for me to take action, so I'd like take none as a form of indecision.
Also, even if I did want to push the fat guy, I'm 5' nothing and just over 100lbs. He probably wouldn't even notice me pushing, let alone actually fall down onto the tracks.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
