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Re:You can't optimize your way to being a good person by rawgabbit on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @01:56PM (#42637275)
Christianity teaches we are all children of God, brothers and sisters with equal dignity and respect and heirs to a heavenly kingdom.

We reject the Trolley problem. We reject the idea of starving sailors on a deserted island should draw lots and eat one of their own.

To argue otherwise is to agree with what we decried about ancient societies. Sacrificing children/prisoners/slaves to Moloch for own benefit is the sure path to hell.

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Re:You can't optimize your way to being a good person by nchmy on Saturday January 11, 2025 @10:05AM (#42666339)
Can you elaborate on why you reject the trolley problem?
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Re:You can't optimize your way to being a good person by rawgabbit on Sunday January 12, 2025 @02:28PM (#42676140)
The trolley problem poses the question should we sacrifice the few for the benefit of the many. We reject this line of thinking as all are children of God.
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Re:You can't optimize your way to being a good person by nchmy on Monday January 20, 2025 @09:09AM (#42768889)
That's not what the trolley problem is about... Even slightly.

People are going to die no matter what in that scenario, so it's about whether you should minimize the deaths.

There's many variations of the problem that become much more difficult to decide though.

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