• Navaryn@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 months ago

    off topic but i never fuken understood this problem. Like literally. your action can save 4 people, what’s the reasoning behind not pulling the lever being a morally valid choice as much as pulling it?

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      4 months ago

      I think the moral “dilemma” is supposed to be

      1. You pull the lever and now you’ve now actively killed someone or,
      2. You don’t pull the lever and 4 people died, but you weren’t the one to kill them so you’re basically clean

      It’s stupid, but I think that’s the idea

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        4 months ago

        Yeah at its core this is the discussion it’s intended to bring about. How action or inaction translates to culpability based on available information. It maps really well onto so many social issues.

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          4 months ago

          how? do nothing and your inaction has killed more people. Pulling the lever effectively means saving three people, i can’t see an angle from where that is a controversial position to hold