drogon Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 APC and tanks are the fastest way to clear a road block and if unhappy protesters don't get out of the way then the tracks make great meat grinders An armoured train, in its path there is a road block with 5 reds tied to it, Khun PM has a switch which would allow the train to go down another track but on this one there are 100 multicolor Thai people. What to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 That's that classic Moral experiment innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Back up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous God Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Back Up is gay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 I took it from the 'trolley problem' which I remember from Ethics course (don't remember who created the problem) but I changed it so this is not really about ethics anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 I remember something similar: 1. Would you take the heart of a murderer to save a road accident victim? or 2. Would take the organs of a healthy non-criminal without consent and save seven people? Option 2 logically does the better good, option 1 is the morally better of the two (well for me anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Lifeboat Ethics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Lifeboat Ethics Good read, can't argue with that. Indeed it makes the purported Global Warming Tipping Points seem like God's work. (no not you Nervous) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Interesting, thanks for finding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardKing Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Had a class in Uni based upon just that essay. A whole semester of debating it. I took it as a blow-off class (there was no failing grade), but it ended up influencing my life greatly. You never know, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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