Re:Absurd Trolley Problems
by tgv on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @06:03AM
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It's going to happen anyway, so there's a net positive effect of speeding it up. I can't imagine people not choosing to do so.
> I guess the lesson here is people act on assumptions as tho they are fact.
As I wrote above: these problems are too artificial to draw real conclusions. They're thought experiments. The only information you can use is given. For the rest, you have to fall back to "defaults" (each life is worth the same, etc.).
If you look at it like that, it's interesting to see how many people would opt to run over the rich man.
> I guess the lesson here is people act on assumptions as tho they are fact.
As I wrote above: these problems are too artificial to draw real conclusions. They're thought experiments. The only information you can use is given. For the rest, you have to fall back to "defaults" (each life is worth the same, etc.).
If you look at it like that, it's interesting to see how many people would opt to run over the rich man.