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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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#1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
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RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
May 20, 2016 at 8:13 am
(May 20, 2016 at 6:30 am)bennyboy Wrote:
(May 19, 2016 at 10:49 pm)Thena323 Wrote: You're playing fast and loose with definition of murder there, aren't you bennyboy? I'm no attorney, but it certainly seems as though some malice should come into play, at least for 1st degree murder. You wouldn't find a judge (in the States at least) who would convict you for NOT pushing a man (actually committing murder, mind you) in order to save five strangers, but you sure as hell could find one who would sentence your ass for shoving a man off a cliff.[/color]
Okay, so you think throwing the switch would be murder, and not throwing the switch would be manslaughter?  I can agree with this semantic, but either way, I think choosing the greater good is more important than preserving one's sense of moral integrity.

Quote:Criminal intent?

Yowsa. And...Yikes.
I'm pretty sure it's against the law to knowingly allow a vehicle under your control to kill people, even in a crisis situation.

Pretty sure?   
It many cases, yes. In the trolley scenario, I'm absolutely positive that it wouldn't be.

If you want to look into that, go for it. As for me, I'm about trolley-ed out for now.
Thanks for interesting discussion.
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RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem" - by Athene - May 20, 2016 at 8:13 am

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