• AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works
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      26 days ago

      yes, if you change the problem, you change the way we respond. that’s why there’s so many trolley problems spin offs in the first place

          • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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            26 days ago

            the morality doesn’t exist in the first place because we don’t live in a society that would allow someone to tie up six people on two tracks.

            we do live in a world with real problems. Complex problems. Problems that lose solvable value when they are reduced to a philosophical joke.

            so please tell me more about how we can solve the worlds problems by flipping switches on train tracks.

      • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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        26 days ago

        It understands it just fine. Agency is not a factor in the decision. The choice between action and inaction doesn’t matter. People think it matters because people are driven by shortsighted emotions.