RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
May 18, 2016 at 7:23 pm
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2016 at 7:26 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't see the "should", the moral compulsion, in the scenario. Just a "would". Save one, save five, save none....what moral compulsion is there in heroism? What moral condemnation is there in failure to choose one life over another, or many over one, one over many?
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