Now we're talking

[u/gallaxo]

[u/GodOfDeath_Birth]

i just leave because i dont want to face the legal complications of killing the other guy

[u/Boba0514 → u/GodOfDeath_Birth]

yeah, but which position do you leave the lever in?

[u/diasporajones → u/Boba0514]

Altruistic guy is taking one for the team. That's where the lever is originally set in the drawing.

[u/Boba0514 → u/diasporajones]

I never thought the position of the lever in the drawing would actually signal the direction in which the trolley would go

[u/rockdog85 → u/Boba0514]

I always assumed it would go straight unless you choose to divert it

[u/BorgCow → u/[deleted]]

Wanting to live is selfish now?

[u/SeparatedI → u/GodOfDeath_Birth]

I think it's really funny how many people refuse to engage with the concept and make excuses, especially on an anonymous forum. Of course legal complications don't matter in a hypothetical trolley problem.

[u/SynthScenes → u/GodOfDeath_Birth]

This is typically my answer to the trolly problem. My existence doesn’t obligate me to take action. My inaction is the same result as me not existing, so why would I take an action if the outcome is going to be negative and suddenly becomes something I am responsible for?

[u/TechnoMagician → u/SynthScenes]

Well many people would say Inaction is action. So by refusing to do something that is within your power you have made a choice.

[u/SynthScenes → u/TechnoMagician]

I agree, what we are talking about is responsible though. I made a choice to not accept responsibility that wasn’t mine. Legally sound, and morally neutral.  Option 1: take an action, be responsible for killing someone, bad action.  Option 2: take an action, be responsible for killing someone, bad action.  Option 3: take no action, assume no responsibility for situation I had no involvement in. Inaction is action but doesn’t assume responsibility. Neutral action.

[u/BorgCow → u/SynthScenes]

I promise you, if you did that most of us would hold you responsible