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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 9:40 pm
Aksi, what if I don't push hard enough and the dude just falls and gets his legs chopped off?

It needs to be made more personal so it differs from the first experiment on that level, but more certain so it stays the same in that aspect, otherwise you don't know if people are refusing in the second because of the closeness of the killing, or the uncertainty of it working.

At least that's my problem with the second scenario. Maybe I just have too much imagination to take it at face value, lol.
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RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem" - by Aroura - May 18, 2016 at 9:40 pm

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