• insurrection@mstdn.social
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    6 days ago

    the trolley problem only reveals your own ethics. it doesn’t have a singular answer or lesson. deontologists don’t touch the lever, and they don’t vote for bad candidates, even if their are worse candidates.

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      6 days ago

      Except in this case the trolly will kill a bunch of people if you pull the lever, or if you don’t, it will kill those people plus a whole lot more. The logic of which people are killed is removed and so if you don’t pull the lever you are responsible entirely for the deaths of the extra people.

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        6 days ago

        I’m only responsible for what I do. I didn’t create the situation in which the people were tied to the tracks of the trolley was set in motion. if I pull the lever I will kill people. I will choose not to kill people.