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Voltaire2

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2. Ah Trolley Puzzles.

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 08:40 AM

Sep 2018

It’s best to leave Hitler out- clearly awful people obscure the moral dilemma.

The classic trolley puzzle has 5 innocent people tied to the track and about to be run over and killed. Only you can save them and the only way to save them is to divert the trolley to another track, but 1 innocent person is tied to that track and will be killed.

If you do nothing 5 people die. If you act one dies.

In reality we as a society make these choices frequently.

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Would you kill one to save many? [View all] Soph0571 Sep 2018 OP

yes. Its more sinful to allow the many to be killed, if sin could be measured, its obvious beachbum bob Sep 2018 #1

I have no idea what sin is. It is less wrong Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #3

Ah Trolley Puzzles. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #2

Post removed Post removed Sep 2018 #4

No, they didn't SCantiGOP Sep 2018 #5

They saved no lives. They killed in retribution. MineralMan Sep 2018 #6

Even that assumes that a fetus is a life that can be saved. Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #9

That's true. MineralMan Sep 2018 #10

What the ever loving fuck? Iggo Sep 2018 #14

Personally, I would not. MineralMan Sep 2018 #7

In the classic trolley puzzle there is no doubt Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #8

In reality, however, most people would freeze and do nothing. MineralMan Sep 2018 #11

The trolley problem really reveals two base type of ethics qazplm135 Oct 2018 #16

Fortunately, it never comes up. Cartoonist Sep 2018 #12

A more realistic version marylandblue Sep 2018 #13

I'd be tempted to kill the guy who keeps tying all these people to the railroad tracks... Iggo Sep 2018 #15