(January 25, 2018 at 7:51 pm)shadow Wrote:(January 25, 2018 at 12:45 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: There are a few people I know who, if they were on the alternate track, would make the trolley problem far less of a dilemma. One or two, in particular, and there wouldn't even need to be five people on the main track for me to still pull the switch
Now here's an ethical dilemma for you, vulcan: one of the 5 people is someone you badly want splatted, the other 4 are innocent bystanders. Do you hate your enemy enough to sacrifice an additional 3 people to take him out?
Can I haz?
Four people is hardly enough people to keep me from pulling the trigger. We're really going to have to start talking in multiples of ten at this point.
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