• yewler@lemmygrad.ml
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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.

      • Navaryn@lemmygrad.ml
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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