What did you answer for problem 6, where a rich man offers you money to pull the lever and kill someone else? Presumably, a rich man is likely to have more economic productivity than a random person.
Re:Absurd Trolley Problems
by addandsubtract on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @08:56AM
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A life is a life, in that situation. But one of them is giving me money. So without further information, I'll take the money and save theirs.
The cost of the lives of 5 first-world people in terms of economic productivity is like an order of magnitude greater than my savings.