6mo ago

The debate gets interesting sometimes

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stop the trolley, dumb fucks 😂
- ... The point of the trolley problem is you can't stop it. .....
  
  Derailing is an option.
  Entire trolley problem was created to show flaws of trolley problem.
  
  What?
  The trolley problem is a basic philosophical thought experiment on the nature of morality. Are we responsible for circumstances beyond our control, and do we take ownership of the consequences if we intercede? Is inaction a decision itself? Does the moral relativism of reducing harm absolve us of the results borne of our choices?
  Derailing is a theoretical option, but raises additional concerns. You put the passengers at risk to hopefully save people on the tracks, and you destroy the trolley which is ostensibly going somewhere for a reason. What if there is a pregnant woman in labor on the trolley, and she's on her way to the hospital? What if the detailed trolley still crushes the people on the track? Was your decision to intervene a moral one?
  
  The trolley problem is a basic philosophical thought experiment on the nature of morality. Are we responsible for circumstances beyond our control, and do we take ownership of the consequences if we intercede?
  Well, yes, that too. But also there is part of paper, where different additional information is provided. So paper that introduced it also in a way ridicules trolley problem. You never has complete information, and no solution is perfect in any morality.
  you destroy the trolley which is ostensibly going somewhere for a reason.
  I've never heard about trolley's body destruction during derailment. And Uraltransmash trolley derail a lot.
  What if the detailed trolley still crushes the people on the track? Was your decision to intervene a moral one?
  Back to incomplete information. Or what if trolley doesn't have enough velocity to kill anyone?
  
  "The whole point of my meme is that you have to support genocide"
- If you were sitting at the controls that would be an option, but allas we are all just part of those doing a tug of (less or more) war for the switch
  
  Blow up the trolley 👍
  
  You advocate for blowing up the trolley. Okay, what have YOU done to further this idea?
  
  I think the demonic elephant already tied them to the middle track.
  
  There are other options with switch. Like derailing.

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