Allah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat are your thoughts on people who didn't vote?message-squaremessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down116
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your thoughts on people who didn't vote?Allah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days 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-down1·2 days agodeontologists still get splattered, even if it’s the correct choice.
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agobut they have no responsibility for the circumstances.
minus-squarebatmaniam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days 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-down1·2 days agoit is immoral to flip the switch and murder someone. that doesn’t make the situation acceptable
minus-squarebatmaniam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days 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-up3·2 days agono, you don’t need to accept it.
minus-squarebatmaniam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days agodoesn’t make much difference to the bodies
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days 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.