SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to General Memes & Private Chuckle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 days agoThe Prisoner's Trolley Problemmamidwest.socialimagemessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: trolley_memes@lemmy.mllemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
arrow-up1276arrow-down1imageThe Prisoner's Trolley Problemmamidwest.socialSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to General Memes & Private Chuckle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 days agomessage-square40linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: trolley_memes@lemmy.mllemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
minus-squarenibblerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·6 days agoso I should keep the trolley running to kill the 1 billion people, and not divert it to run over my neighbors cousins old and dying cat?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·6 days agoIt’s crazy how if you change the situation entirely you get a different result and optimal action The point of the trolley problem isn’t really about utilitarianism or whatever, it’s to demonstrate that inaction can be an action.
minus-squarenibblerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoThe action/non-action question is one part of the problem, but not the sole or defining one to me. An certainly there is no simple answer as you suggest.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·6 days agoIt’s a secret they only teach you in Philosophy 102.
so I should keep the trolley running to kill the 1 billion people, and not divert it to run over my neighbors cousins old and dying cat?
It’s crazy how if you change the situation entirely you get a different result and optimal action
The point of the trolley problem isn’t really about utilitarianism or whatever, it’s to demonstrate that inaction can be an action.
The action/non-action question is one part of the problem, but not the sole or defining one to me. An certainly there is no simple answer as you suggest.
It’s a secret they only teach you in Philosophy 102.
dang, I knew it!