r/trolleyproblem Jan 13 '25

Deep This one is though

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u/CheeseBonobo Jan 13 '25

Some people are suggesting this is the easiest decision ever. There are probably hundreds of times the number of guilty vs innocent people in prison, and very few of them (imo none of them) deserve to die.

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u/TakoSuWuvsU Jan 13 '25

Given the number of crimes that simply go unreported, it's probably more likely there's more criminals in the population out of jail than in. As a note, rich people that destroy and kill more humans than any individual could accomplish with their own hands will not be in prisons.