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xyyphr 🌟
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nursing homes are such interesting places.
i spent a good amount of time looking at a mute old lady who locked her gaze onto mine and smiled softly whenever i smiled back.
she gave her hand to an old man when he reached for it and they looked into each other's eyes for hours, smiling that same soft smile.
i spent a good amount of time looking at a mute old lady who locked her gaze onto mine and smiled softly whenever i smiled back.
she gave her hand to an old man when he reached for it and they looked into each other's eyes for hours, smiling that same soft smile.
|The Trolley Problem|
Suppose you are the driver of a trolley. The trolley rounds a bend, and there come into view ahead five track workmen, who have been repairing the track. The track goes through a bit of a valley at that point, and the sides are steep, so you must stop the trolley if you are to avoid running the five men down.
You step on the brakes, but alas they don't work. Now you suddenly see a spur of track leading off to the right. You can turn the trolley onto it, and thus save the five men on the straight track ahead.
Unfortunately...there is one track workman on that spur of track. He can no more get off the track in time than the five can, so you will kill him if you turn the trolley onto him. Is it morally permissible for you to turn the trolley? [Feel free to explain why in the replies.]
- excerpted from Judith J. Thomson's *The Trolley Problem*
Suppose you are the driver of a trolley. The trolley rounds a bend, and there come into view ahead five track workmen, who have been repairing the track. The track goes through a bit of a valley at that point, and the sides are steep, so you must stop the trolley if you are to avoid running the five men down.
You step on the brakes, but alas they don't work. Now you suddenly see a spur of track leading off to the right. You can turn the trolley onto it, and thus save the five men on the straight track ahead.
Unfortunately...there is one track workman on that spur of track. He can no more get off the track in time than the five can, so you will kill him if you turn the trolley onto him. Is it morally permissible for you to turn the trolley? [Feel free to explain why in the replies.]
- excerpted from Judith J. Thomson's *The Trolley Problem*
DO NOT turn the trolley
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DO turn the trolley
81%
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