m_f@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoThe Prisoner's Trolley Problemmamidwest.socialimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1972arrow-down18
arrow-up1964arrow-down1imageThe Prisoner's Trolley Problemmamidwest.socialm_f@midwest.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarewabafee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·edit-211 hours agoDo nothing that way you don’t get to jail for murder. All the pressure goes to the other guy. Sue the railway company, guy who pulled the lever and the creator. Another is find a way not to reach to that point.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·6 hours agoI feel like you’re not internalizing that this is a thought experiment.
minus-squarefl42v@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoAlso, it’s too late to pull the lever, you’ll just provoke a crush.
Do nothing that way you don’t get to jail for murder. All the pressure goes to the other guy. Sue the railway company, guy who pulled the lever and the creator. Another is find a way not to reach to that point.
I feel like you’re not internalizing that this is a thought experiment.
Also, it’s too late to pull the lever, you’ll just provoke a crush.