Do you understand that the trolley problem was more a device for deconstructing ones own morality and reaching the truth of it, than a maxim?
Like, what if instead of saying how many people would die on each track, we listed total net worth, or number of children raped? The winning class looks totally different there, doesn’t it?
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Uh, because they’re actual people? Besides, their wealth would just be inherited.
There’s a lot fewer rich people to kill than there are poor people. Doing the trolley problem on this means the rich people lose.
Do you understand that the trolley problem was more a device for deconstructing ones own morality and reaching the truth of it, than a maxim?
Like, what if instead of saying how many people would die on each track, we listed total net worth, or number of children raped? The winning class looks totally different there, doesn’t it?
Sir, you do understand that I was simply flipping the post to highlight its absurdity? Are you alright?
Please don’t assume he/him just because you’re on nu-reddit.
Please don’t assume I don’t call all genders sir.
Please don’t assume I accept honorifics, gendered or otherwise.