There is a correct solution to the trolley problem.
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@MySideIsHumanity @mattdm @slothrop There's indeed research about those dilemma scenarios, and a whole critique of the scenario setups: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Lind_(Psychologe)#Schriften
Admittedly, I'm not sure which of those, but I've heard that guy worked on more teachable dilemmas.@gittaca @mattdm @slothrop If so (and I don't know of any reason to doubt it), all of my sympathies to him.
I imagine it must be a special kind of frustrating-bordering-on-maddening to try to create a larger framework to enlighten people… only to be best known for a question, innocent in and of itself (and useful under sharply-limited circumstances), that's being amplified out of its context to fuel a false dichotomy of how to view society.
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There is a correct solution to the trolley problem.
It is this: you design the system with positive train control. You make it so the trolley cannot enter a section where there are people, and you make it so the trolley can be stopped quickly if something goes wrong.
I've been told that this is cheating, a cop-out, or avoiding the "interesting" aspects of the question. I don't think it is. Framing the world as a series of individual can't-win situations and lose-lose decisions _is_ the problem.
Don't do that.
@mattdm See also: Konayashi Maru, and specifically Kirk’s solutions
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There is a correct solution to the trolley problem.
It is this: you design the system with positive train control. You make it so the trolley cannot enter a section where there are people, and you make it so the trolley can be stopped quickly if something goes wrong.
I've been told that this is cheating, a cop-out, or avoiding the "interesting" aspects of the question. I don't think it is. Framing the world as a series of individual can't-win situations and lose-lose decisions _is_ the problem.
Don't do that.
AND WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT ASSHOLE TYING PEOPLE TO THE TRACKS IN THE FIRST PLACE WHY IS THAT GUY NOT EVEN IN THE GODDAMNED PICTURE
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