thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
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@ki
1) It's a trolley, not a train, so its speed is limited, making a derailment less dangerous.
3) the trolley seems to be empty, otherwise someone would be able to engage the safety break
4) no passengers are mentioned, which further implies that the trolley is empty
5) No drivers is mentioned, combined with a braking distance of ~55m for old style trams at 50km/h that again strongly implies that the trolley is empty1. you can still get injured or die in a trolley accident, derailment is still quite dangerous, making it a sacrifice.
2. they're glued to their phones, nobody near an emergency break notices. also, this particular trolley doesn't have an emergency break
3. no air is mentioned, further implying that everyone suffocates anyway? no, a trolley comes with people and this one is quite crowded because the scene is taking place during rush hour -
1. you can still get injured or die in a trolley accident, derailment is still quite dangerous, making it a sacrifice.
2. they're glued to their phones, nobody near an emergency break notices. also, this particular trolley doesn't have an emergency break
3. no air is mentioned, further implying that everyone suffocates anyway? no, a trolley comes with people and this one is quite crowded because the scene is taking place during rush hour -
thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
@SnoopJ
Reverse the problem. What do you do if it's Trump strapped to one line and Putin to the other (other malign leaders are available)?None of the proposed solutions would achieve an optimum outcome!
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thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
@SnoopJ
The person doing that will be SO fired! -
thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
@SnoopJ@hachyderm.io so basically the solution is to put the blame on the ones who do the job, driving them to the destruction of the production means.
not the best endorsement for unions…
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thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
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like, one might be tempted to say "noooo it's a constructed hypothetical that only admits these two options"
but there's something really lovely about a union coming in and being like "ah, no, a different world is possible"
@SnoopJ I refuse these two options! The correct answer is "doing nothing". Miliions of people die everyday without my intervention and I don't feel guilty about it!
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thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
@SnoopJ i have been telling this for ages finally somebody updated the meme
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What I particularly love about this is that it completely works as a metaphor as well:
The true solution when you face a "trolley problem" in real life is to study more detail to find additional options. Because no real world situation is ever this binary.
@TerryHancock @SnoopJ I think that's why the hypothetical thought experiment has such urgency built into it. Decide now! Flip the switch or not. Push the fat man or not. Tick tock. Tick tock.
A similar tactic to that used by phishers. And the response is the same: "Nothing is that urgent. Stop. Breathe. Think."
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thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
@SnoopJ Doesn't trolley problem exists only to highlight that no matter the decision you make you are the one deciding who is getting harmed or in this scenario, who is going to take on risk of being injured. This problem exists to make you think about philosophy, law and ethics. Obviously in the real world there are practical solutions that minimize risk and make sure that least amount of people gets harmed, but again, this is hypothetical scenario meant for students.
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thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
@SnoopJ I’m glad we’re past this justification machine for authoritarianism
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thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
@SnoopJ Kirk‘s Kobayashi maru test-result?
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@SnoopJ
Reverse the problem. What do you do if it's Trump strapped to one line and Putin to the other (other malign leaders are available)?None of the proposed solutions would achieve an optimum outcome!
@gregalotl @SnoopJ But what if... you strap the dictators and their goons to the bottom line and a decent politician to the other line? Would that have an impact on your decision what to do?
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@gregalotl @SnoopJ But what if... you strap the dictators and their goons to the bottom line and a decent politician to the other line? Would that have an impact on your decision what to do?
@art_histories
Absobloodylutely! Then I'd extort an extravagent amount of money out of the bad-uns to run over the good-un. But I'd still run over the baddies.
Job done, yea unto the next generation (nothing to inherit
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thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
@SnoopJ the trolley derails and kills 10 people riding the trolley injuring others
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@crouton their union card says "don't panic" on the back, I bet
@SnoopJ @crouton Actually it has the preamble of the IWW on the back:
"The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. There can be no peace as long as hunger and want are found among millions of working people and the few, who make up the employing class, have all the good things of life. ..."
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thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
@SnoopJ what if the derailment leads to the death of 6 people on the trolley?
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@ZenHeathen @SnoopJ This is really reminiscent of Bernard Williams. He had a lot to say about morality, almost all of it negative, but he particularly detested the inescapability and ubiquity of the obligation it imposes on everybody. Morality says that if you're at that lever you are *obligated* to choose who to save. It's on you. Williams called bullshit.
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thinking about how there's a true solution to the trolley problem and union workers were the ones to point it out
@SnoopJ that fact we all try to find a technical loophole to the problem is the problem - we don’t want to face the decision. But that is the point of the trolly problem in the first place.
