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Have you ever heard of the trolley problem?
It's not a problem, you save the 5 and the one dies, your actions are to save life, the death is an unintended side effect. People who can't think believe you're choosing to kill someone, that was not the choice you made except where you had some personal vendetta against the guy and pulled the lever on the basis that you wanted to kill him. Pseuds love bringing up the trolley "problem" like it's some magical ethically grey example of moral philosophy and it's really not - sorry.
The singular death is the responsibility of who tied them there, the excess death is your responsibility because you could have saved them and elected not to, dressing cowardice as morality, as seen in abundance with the covid cult.
Totally fair answer! There is certainly the detail of you making the conscious choice to pull the lever. Let’s say the trolley is headed towards a group of 5 schoolchildren. You can let it run straight, or switch it to hit 5 adults.
What do you do?
You've heard the phrase "Women and children first" haven't you?
You've clearly ran out of ideas in this exchange, move on.
5 adult women, and they're all pregnant, or 5 schoolchildren.
Not to thread jump but... The trolley problem is bunk
The only solution is to try to derail the trolley by switching tracks mid way..
So you have heard of it, but you disregard it as a discussion of ethics and morality?
The premise is flawed. If you happen upon the trolley and know how to work the swirth and the switch is unlocked then you should try to derail it. As far as morals and ethics.. you should always endeavour to do the least amount of harm. But that is subjective and you are not faulted no matter what you choose to do because you didnt create the situation and bear no responsibility
That’s an excellent point! Level of harm is completely subjective. It can be argued that while an abortion is certainly a difficult situation, when you gather the full scope of the situation the morality and ethics of it can be quite murky. That’s exactly the point of the trolley problem