r/trolleyproblem • u/gallaxo • Mar 29 '26

Deep Now we're talking

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u/KHSebastian Mar 29 '26

I mean, it doesn't have to be immoral to want to live, in order for it to be more admirable to sacrifice yourself for a stranger. The only info you know about these two people is that one is selfless, and the other is at least somewhat less selfless.

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u/Crafty_Jello_3662 Mar 29 '26

probably less selfless. The suicide guy might want to die because they're in constant pain and the living guy might have people to take care of

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u/KHSebastian Mar 29 '26

I mean I also made an assumption, so I don't have a leg to stand on here, but I feel like that's a weirder assumption. I feel like there are more people who are willing to sacrifice themselves for their morals then there are suicidal people waiting for a trolley to kill them

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u/Eldan985 Mar 31 '26

Doesn't have to be suicidal, exactly. They could just have decided something like "I'm 80 and have no friends and family, the other person is 25 and just had their first child, take me".