Comment by bluefirebrand
2 days ago
The problem of the trolly problem is not about "best outcome" it is about ethics of action and inaction when weighed against lives
Let's put it this way. Consider a trolly problem where there are two tracks and one person on each track . There's a trolly coming to hit one person. Is it ethical to change the track so it kills the other person instead?
In this case you're only weighing one life against one life. So clearly it's never ethical to pull that lever right?
Now make it two people on the trolly track. Saving two lives instead of one. Is it now ethical to pull the lever just because there is one extra person there? If not, then how many people would it have to be before it would be ethical?
Idk. The trolley problem is anything but simple in my mind
In these scenarios you’re morally obligated to save the most people. I don’t see why this is complicated at all.
Maybe other people put a lot of emotional weight on the choice itself but as long as I tried to save the most people I’d sleep soundly at night.
Minus the horror of watching people get run over by a trolley of course.