m_f@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 天前The Prisoner's Trolley Problemmamidwest.socialimagemessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up11.37Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.36Karrow-down1imageThe Prisoner's Trolley Problemmamidwest.socialm_f@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 天前message-square147fedilink
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·27 天前You realize this is your family watching you make the decision to have their vehicle run over a loved one? There’s a possibility they all live if you pull it.
minus-squareFamko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 天前Or if you pull it, then they see you make the decision to risk their lives to kill three other people. What is better, three lives lost or one life lost?
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·27 天前ok but what if the 3 in the middle were avg US swing state voters.
You realize this is your family watching you make the decision to have their vehicle run over a loved one? There’s a possibility they all live if you pull it.
Or if you pull it, then they see you make the decision to risk their lives to kill three other people.
What is better, three lives lost or one life lost?
ok but what if the 3 in the middle were avg US swing state voters.
The other side would deal with them then.