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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.
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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 9:23 pm
(May 18, 2016 at 8:31 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Some people won't be comfortable with committing a murder, in order to avoid a tragedy.  More than comfort, some simply couldn;t -bring- themselves to do it..not much choice.  I think that's understandable.

I'm pretty certain I could bring myself to murder someone...Just not some poor schmuck who hasn't done anything.

A person whom I knew to be a horrendously, evil fuckwad in the place of the fat man could easily get the switch.
I feel my mind would definitely see an opening there. A little dehumanization, some rationalization...and down the tracks he would go!

In the OP's scenario he's just some guy, though.
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RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem" - by Athene - May 18, 2016 at 9:23 pm

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