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meatcakeman
the search for bodhisattva



Registered: 07/03/07
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Shroomerette said: In the version of this question I saw on tv the situation was almost the same, except the lever opened a trapdoor under a really fat man standing on the bridge so he would fall in front of the trolley and stop it.
And then he asked, what if there was no lever but you had to push the fat man off the bridge with your own hands to stop the trolley? A lot of people on the show changed their answers from killing the fat man to letting the 5 people die instead when he asked that. It was kinda weird.
hahaha people are so strange. i'll remember that.. next time i need to kill a man, i'll just use a lever. then it will be morally sound.
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LunarEclipse
Enlil's Official Story


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meatcakeman said: i should have known an honest philosophical debate about morality was impossible here. i guess i was blinded by my wishful thinking.
OK I would kill Hitler and leave the five kids on the track to grow up to be the Five Kids Who Destroyed The World.
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OrgoneConclusion
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What if it were a choice between Vanilla Ice and The Backstreet Boyz?
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LunarEclipse
Enlil's Official Story


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OrgoneConclusion said: What if it were a choice between Vanilla Ice and The Backstreet Boyz?
Vanilla Ice first with the trolley, then Backstreet Boyz hand to hand combat.
Of course, this answer is Incomplete. I would also destroy all videos associated with either Ice or Boyz.
This one about Ice we keep for prosperity.
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Edited by LunarEclipse (04/15/11 01:30 AM)
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meatcakeman
the search for bodhisattva



Registered: 07/03/07
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OrgoneConclusion said: What if it were a choice between Vanilla Ice and The Backstreet Boyz?
obviously i would kill the backstreet boyz.... vanilla ice is the only remotely relatable human being out of the whole lot
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pouihi
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kill the 5, there's plenty of us already.
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fireworks_god
Sexy.Butt.McDanger



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meatcakeman said: This is a COMPLETELY HYPOTHETICAL situation. Thus, there is no need to nitpick at the details. Rather, one should logically assume the parameters and judge them accordingly and unbiasedly.
A trolley is going full speed and you notice it will hit and kill 5 people who are on the tracks. You also notice that you have the ability to pull a lever that will change the trolley's course onto another set of tracks destined for 1 man. What do you do? Do you kill one man to save 5 lives?
I must have missed the "dilemna".
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4896744
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meatcakeman said: This is a COMPLETELY HYPOTHETICAL situation. Thus, there is no need to nitpick at the details. Rather, one should logically assume the parameters and judge them accordingly and unbiasedly.
A trolley is going full speed and you notice it will hit and kill 5 people who are on the tracks. You also notice that you have the ability to pull a lever that will change the trolley's course onto another set of tracks destined for 1 man. What do you do? Do you kill one man to save 5 lives?
I would do nothing because there is no reason to give a shit about these random people dying. However if one of them was connected to me through an interpersonal relationship, I would choose them to live.
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Poid
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Re: Moral Dilemma [Re: 4896744]
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Morals, LOL.
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MutantBonobo
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Please briefly describe the 5 people and the 1 man (physical characteristics, type of dress, things they may be carrying). A couple of pictures would be better.
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