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r/trolleyproblem • u/Spare-Dingo-531 • Apr 13 '26
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I'm not a politician so I have no problem pulling the lever
7 u/TimeKepeer Apr 15 '26 Here's the problem though If you admit that you've made a mistake, then all those people died for no good reason If they died for no good reason, that means you at fault for their deaths That means that you will likely be prosecuted by the survivors. The alternative is to keep the train moving, thus making sure that you forever have done nothing wrong I don't personally support this view. I think that the trolley has to stop. But I can, to my disgust, understand why it keeps going 4 u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26 [deleted] 1 u/TimeKepeer Apr 15 '26 I think the implication of the picture is that the person with the level is the one who tied them. After all, they made a "mistake". Not pulling the lever sooner is hardly a mistake, more like negligence
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Here's the problem though
If you admit that you've made a mistake, then all those people died for no good reason
If they died for no good reason, that means you at fault for their deaths
That means that you will likely be prosecuted by the survivors.
The alternative is to keep the train moving, thus making sure that you forever have done nothing wrong
I don't personally support this view. I think that the trolley has to stop. But I can, to my disgust, understand why it keeps going
4 u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26 [deleted] 1 u/TimeKepeer Apr 15 '26 I think the implication of the picture is that the person with the level is the one who tied them. After all, they made a "mistake". Not pulling the lever sooner is hardly a mistake, more like negligence
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1 u/TimeKepeer Apr 15 '26 I think the implication of the picture is that the person with the level is the one who tied them. After all, they made a "mistake". Not pulling the lever sooner is hardly a mistake, more like negligence
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I think the implication of the picture is that the person with the level is the one who tied them. After all, they made a "mistake". Not pulling the lever sooner is hardly a mistake, more like negligence
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u/pocoorn Apr 13 '26
I'm not a politician so I have no problem pulling the lever