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[–] AllHailTheSheep 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

yes, if you change the problem, you change the way we respond. that's why there's so many trolley problems spin offs in the first place

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

but the end result is the same.

you're always left with five.

what's wrong with you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But...it's not a math dilemma, it's a moral one. Changing it to hot philanthropic strippers changes the morality.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

the morality doesn't exist in the first place because we don't live in a society that would allow someone to tie up six people on two tracks.

we do live in a world with real problems. Complex problems. Problems that lose solvable value when they are reduced to a philosophical joke.

so please tell me more about how we can solve the worlds problems by flipping switches on train tracks.