I'd kill the fat man and escape, and live with a troubled conscience. — counterpunch
Then it's moral. — counterpunch
Would a 'beautiful, sexy she' make the situation more difficult than a 'repulsively fat he'? — Bitter Crank
What would you think if... — javi2541997
...you were a bit overweight and happened to get in the way of a dynamite philosopher?
"Oh no, not again!"
5 minutes ago — unenlightened
Are so many people (billions) morally depraved? Maybe a bit dull, not depraved. Most of us will never have to make a forced-choice moral decision of a Trolley or Fat Man Plugging the Exit situation. Our capacity for empathy at a distance is cognitively limited--not absent, just limited. — Bitter Crank
Either way, if and when necessary, that sacrifice must happen. — BrianW
I thought it more than moral, in a survival aspect. Somehow the masses will fight to survive. Doesn’t matter the sacrifice for the the fat man. I guess this is morality to them. It is interesting because we can clearly see how changeful the concept of morality could be — javi2541997
while logically identical, implies a deontological approach because of the doctors duty to individual patients to do them no harm. It would be unethical for the doctor to think in utilitarian terms with regard to the interests of an individual patient. — counterpunch
What did they do?" — counterpunch
True but he could act selfish in two ways: not deciding killing himself because he doesn’t want to or probably he could torch the dynamite and then kill the folks — javi2541997
Yep; you'd have to trust him.
Were's your courage now? — Banno
at least one person write rather artificial utilitarian arguments as to why one should murder, lol. — ernest meyer
Now there's a real moral problem - lack of trust. — Banno
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