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[–] 13 points 1 year ago

The lever is already pulled, he'd have to push it.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (8 children)
  • [–] [S] 24 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    It's a combination of two common 'trolley problem' moral dilemmas.

    Do you pull the switch to kill fewer people, even though that would actively involve you in the decision to kill people?

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    There is a trolley coming - you are with a heavy man on a bridge. Do you push the man off the bridge, knowing his body is substantial enough to gum up the trolley and stop it - to save a greater number of people?

    In this scenario, by combining the two, pulling the lever will make the moral dilemma harder - because the fellow on the bridge must decide the life of 1 person vs. the life of 2. On the other hand, refusing to pull the lever will make the decision easier, if still not clear cut - as the fellow on the bridge must decide the life of 1 person vs. the life of 5.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I've seen a lot of variations of the trolley problem, and this is the first time I've ever heard the "heavy man." It also makes zero sense, because a heavy man would do nothing to a trolley.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    maybe i got confused because of the heavy man and bridge being on the two paths... Also, no way that "heavy man" can stop a trolley

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    The dominant strategy is pulling the lever, because assuming both guys on the bridge don't push, you kill 2 instead of 4, and 2<4. If the guys on the bridge decide to push you kill 1 person in each scenario.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If he pulls the lever so the trolley starts to multi-track drift, he can kill all 10 people at once

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  • Push the lever, when the trolley starts to switch to the other track, pull the lever and derail the trolley.

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