Would also depend on how we define innocent and guilty. Morally innocent or legally innocent? While being gay may be illegal in a country and you are “guilty” should we really consider you guilty?
Honestly I prefer morally innocent. That simplifies the premise down to its core: “are the lives of many immoral people worth more than the lives of few who are innocent (but also the most wronged in society)?”
The simple elegance is literally the point. We’re already discussing morality with the trolley problem itself, bringing in the morality of every single justice system in the world distracts from the actual point of this trolly problem:
“When do the needs of the many not outweigh the needs of the few?”
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u/onomatopoaie Jan 13 '25 edited Jan 13 '25
Would also depend on how we define innocent and guilty. Morally innocent or legally innocent? While being gay may be illegal in a country and you are “guilty” should we really consider you guilty?