RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
May 20, 2016 at 1:43 am
(This post was last modified: May 20, 2016 at 2:57 am by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
(May 19, 2016 at 8:24 pm)Rhythm Wrote: -Family before strangers.
-Young before old.
-Weak before strong.
-Many before few.
And behind every one of those lies a whole lot of selfish interest.
-Family can provide for you. (food or emotional support)
-young are better at serving the society, society comprises of you, ie,young can serve you better.
-Weak before strong, this one is particularly interesting.why? Let me ask you this: "weak" and "strong" relative to what? weak and strong relative to the person that chooses who will live,ie,you. This is a classic primitive mindset, to be the alpha of the tribe. You want to take out competition so that you can be the alpha,so choosing to let someone stronger live is shooting yourself in the foot. Of course ppl will give some classic PC answer that the weak needs protection and I'm a nice guy so I protect blablabla, but THIS is the one true and real reason,imo.
-Many before one, this just goes to show another self interest. More people in your society = better chances of your society surviving and flourishing. The more your society flourishes - the more it benefits you.
Morality is fascinating,I'm starting to think what morality actually means is the ability of a person to construct their self interest in such a way as it is interpreted as the best for the group -interest.
So in short, the most moral person is the one who has their self interest aligned with the group interest.
For example, if everyone is out in the cold and I decide to go gather firewood then I'm the most moral person because I managed to align my self interest with the group interest.
Wow, I cracked the matrix here yayy.
