• Rekorse
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    3 hours ago

    In the classic trolley problem, if you do nothing then the murderer is the person who tied the people to the tracks. You are not using that analogy correctly.

    Even if they did hit a switch, they bear no responsibility for who is murdered. Again thats to the person who created the situation.

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      57 minutes ago

      I have never heard that interpretation. Everyone I’ve ever seen talking about it agrees that if you flip the switch, you are complicit. Why else would there even be a discussion of if you should or not?

      • bufalo1973@lemmy.ml
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        37 minutes ago

        Except if you flip the switch while the trolley is halfway (front wheels have passed, rear one haven’t). Then you derail the trolley and nobody dies.