"Suppose that, instead of five people tied to the track,

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2016-03-21 19:43:30 Post No. 868987
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"Suppose that, instead of five people tied to the track, the trolley is filled with powerful explosives and heading toward a village where it will detonate, killing five hundred people. Now it seems that pushing the person into the tracks and causing the trolley to derail would be morally commendable. We shift from being deontologists to consequentialists. This switch is an embarrassment for philosophers who think that deontological theories and consequentialism are in competition."

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Anonymous 2016-03-21 19:47:27 Post No.869004
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"What to do, when a ship carrying a hundred passengers suddenly capsizes and there is only one lifeboat? When the lifeboat is full, those who hate life will try to load it with more people and sink the lot. Those who love and respect life will take the ship's axe and sever the extra hands that cling to the sides."

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Anonymous 2016-03-21 19:50:57 Post No.869017
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Anonymous 2016-03-21 19:50:57 Post No.869017 [Report]

>>869004
To be good, you must not only cuckold yourselves, but others, too.

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Anonymous 2016-03-21 19:51:18 Post No.869020
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Anonymous 2016-03-21 19:51:18 Post No.869020 [Report]

>>869004
that people are selfish, and don't act in accordance with that which is best for the community, i guess

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Anonymous 2016-03-21 19:52:45 Post No.869028
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Anonymous 2016-03-21 19:52:45 Post No.869028 [Report]

>>869004
Consequentialists play too many videogames.

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Anonymous 2016-03-21 19:55:22 Post No.869045
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Anonymous 2016-03-21 19:55:22 Post No.869045 [Report]

>>868987
It is only truly commendable if the man whom you throw onto the tracks is yourself, other wise you have still murdered an innocent.