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#1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"

Poll: What will you choose to do?
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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.
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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 7:40 pm (This post was last modified: May 18, 2016 at 7:41 pm by Excited Penguin.)
(May 18, 2016 at 7:29 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: LOL, leave it to EP to invite forum members to open up about their feelings and ideas on a moral thought experiment, and then promptly tell everyone who offers an opinion which differs from the one HE thinks is "correct" that they are undeniably wrong and morally bankrupt.  I thought this was a "what would you do, and why?" poll, not a "you're wrong and a bad person if would do differently then I would." poll.

This is exactly how one spoils his own thread...

Not my thread, never got personal, never pressured anyone into agreeing with me, just giving my honest opinion on the matter, it's inevitable that you take offense with it if you're determined to read too much into it, and this outburst is totally misplaced.

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RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem" - by Excited Penguin - May 18, 2016 at 7:40 pm

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