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Re:The ethics of reclining airplane seats by waqf on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:21AM (#33547741)
No, we're just in an equilibrium where everyone reclines. To be a PD it would have to be better for everyone if nobody reclined.

We're in, perhaps, a tyranny of the majority, but those are everywhere. As I'm sure you've already noticed if you're 6'6".

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Re:The ethics of reclining airplane seats by bigbillheck on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:30AM (#33547878)
> No, we're just in an equilibrium where everyone reclines

Never had to sit in the very last row of an airplane?

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Re:The ethics of reclining airplane seats by readthenotes1 on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:50AM (#33548193)
We are in the trolley problem, not the prisoners dilemma.

And on some planes they even allowed those seats to recline a little, so maybe not in any philosophical debate other than that people often don't consider other people's suffering

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Re:The ethics of reclining airplane seats by ryandvm on Thursday November 10, 2022 @10:53AM (#33548246)
Ah, so it's really a "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" situation.
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