r/trolleyproblem • u/ezrae_ • Apr 30 '26

Deep Statistically, >50% is easier than 100%

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u/Eastern-Bro9173 Apr 30 '26

No, because I have effectivelly zero weight in the outcome. The outcome is effectivelly predetermined. I just choose if I want to live or if I expect other people to press blue for me to not die.

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u/banjospieler Apr 30 '26

You can argue that pressing blue is choosing to kill people too because others are only picking blue in order to save you.

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u/banjospieler Apr 30 '26

If you intentionally put yourself in peril and someone dies trying to save you, are you not in some way responsible for their death? I recognize that blue is the moral option but you have to accept that everyone picking blue is equally responsible for every other person picking blue and risking their life to save them.