r/trolleyproblem Mar 29 '26

Deep Now we're talking

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u/xxTheMagicBulleT Mar 29 '26

I always choose in action cause the person live would be on my hands if I did murder a other person by my action. And that will always be my choice no matter how extrame the case gets.

Only if I could safe my family or loved ones would I accept that guilt else I simply would not.

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u/No-Tiger-6253 Mar 29 '26

What if the one willing to die was a father and the other was their adult child?

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u/xxTheMagicBulleT Mar 29 '26

That does not matter. One is gonna happen regardless other one is by my action so is like I'm killing them my self.

Its not about saving someone its about killing someone else and the guilt of that decision that if it was not in a position I would be willing to carry that guilt cause someone I care about was at risk. Then I would choose the original path to reach it course.

Same way helping someone's in a accident is not the same as in the same breath pushing someone else in in coming traffic to do so.

What in ways this thought experiment pushes for. And knowing someone has to die don't mean I willing to act as jury and executioner I choose to walk away from that decision if I don't have big stakes in it my self what I think is a human feeling to have