trolley problem/lit memes thread
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/his/ has their trolley problem shitpost thread
we have ours
Is the point of the trolley problem to highlight that people care more about being unique than doing the right thing? Of course the one guy could be a researcher who's gonna cure cancer and the five people could all be pieces of shit but its likely that none of them matter much ultimately so the morally correct decision (at least as I see it as an American) is to let one person die rather than five. The only 'problem' here is individualism for its own sake
what if you throw yourself in front of the trolley? then you wouldn't have to make the decision. What would that philosophy be?
>>8121850
No, it's the difference between actively participating and killing a man or abstaining, letting five people die.
>>8121827
Does the baseball cap mean it's a black child?
>>8121850
The idea is that it divides opinion somewhat. Do people in general want to maximise life in a kind of utilitarian metric or do they not want to participate in condemning someone to death.
There are obvious parallels here with death sentences and saving drowning people at sea and a whole number of medical situations so it's interesting for that too.
>>8121850
>at least as I see it as an American
post discarded
>retarded americunt against individualism
not surprised
Lit memes? Not just absurd trolley problemos? Ok:
