Allah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat are your thoughts on people who didn't vote?message-squaremessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down118
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your thoughts on people who didn't vote?Allah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day ago the whole damn trolley problem thing doesn’t have an answer. it’s a thought experiment to expose your personal ethics. deontologists never touch the switch.
minus-squarebatmaniam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agodeontologists still get splattered, even if it’s the correct choice.
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agobut they have no responsibility for the circumstances.
minus-squarebatmaniam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 day agoDidn’t say they did. People die none the less. If that’s acceptable that’s fine, but call it what it is: An acceptable loss.
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoit is immoral to flip the switch and murder someone. that doesn’t make the situation acceptable
minus-squarebatmaniam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 day agoI don’t disagree, it doesn’t change that you need to own the bodies as an acceptable loss.
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agono, you don’t need to accept it.
minus-squarebatmaniam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 day agodoesn’t make much difference to the bodies
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoexcept that you’re not locked in a booth, so there actually are things you can do besides pull a lever.
doesn’t have an answer. it’s a thought experiment to expose your personal ethics. deontologists never touch the switch.
deontologists still get splattered, even if it’s the correct choice.
but they have no responsibility for the circumstances.
Didn’t say they did. People die none the less. If that’s acceptable that’s fine, but call it what it is: An acceptable loss.
it is immoral to flip the switch and murder someone. that doesn’t make the situation acceptable
I don’t disagree, it doesn’t change that you need to own the bodies as an acceptable loss.
no, you don’t need to accept it.
doesn’t make much difference to the bodies
except that you’re not locked in a booth, so there actually are things you can do besides pull a lever.