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Originally Posted by Orgazmo
Trolley problem seems simple. In situations like that, I see no reason why we can't take the number to the extreme. When it's 5:1, it's a little tough on the "should I intervene" on the surface, but what if it were 1,000:1? A million to one? What if the entire human race (except the one dude) is eradicated if you don't switch, or just one guy dies if you do switch?
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Agreed that we can take the number to the extreme, I don't think it changes the decision at all.
Can you imagine a scenario where the world would have been better off if x died and one lived? say the x people turned out to be akin to mussels, and the one person was godlike.
If so then you might decide that your action was a bad idea, why make a decision? Numbers alone say nothing about value imo.
^it's late this could well be garbage,I don't know if I agree with it. Consequentialism is interesting.
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The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
William Hazlitt
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