RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
May 18, 2016 at 11:25 pm
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2016 at 11:28 pm by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
@Thena,
You're of the opinion that you would prefer to do nothing, right?
The most fascinating thing about this Morality thought experiment is when you slightly change the variables, it completely changes the scenario.
What if you had 6 children ,5 of your children are at the tracks and one of your children is the fat man. What would you do then?
Would you kill one of your child to save 5 of yours or would you choose to do nothing and inevitably kill 5 of your children(Although indirectly,but can you live with that?) ?
Morality is fascinating, even more fascinating when your actions will have direct impact on the rest of your life. :-)
You're of the opinion that you would prefer to do nothing, right?
The most fascinating thing about this Morality thought experiment is when you slightly change the variables, it completely changes the scenario.
What if you had 6 children ,5 of your children are at the tracks and one of your children is the fat man. What would you do then?
Would you kill one of your child to save 5 of yours or would you choose to do nothing and inevitably kill 5 of your children(Although indirectly,but can you live with that?) ?
Morality is fascinating, even more fascinating when your actions will have direct impact on the rest of your life. :-)
