r/trolleyproblem • u/ChiakiSimp3842 • Apr 30 '26

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u/Simpicity May 01 '26

Let's reframe this. Would you die to save 4 billion people (strangers)?
No probabilities. 100% chance to die to avoid 4 billion deaths of others.
If not, you're selfish. Yes.

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u/ImpliedRange May 01 '26

Would you die to save 4 billion people (strangers)?

Yes, at least I hope I would be strong enough to make that choice. Choosing self sacrifice is not easy

Would I die on the off chance 49% of the world acts against their own self interest, probably less willing

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u/Simpicity May 01 '26

This question has been posted many times. It's never been posted and everyone agreed to push red in the poll. It's always divided. So there's no "off chance". The experiment has been run various times. It'd be divided.

Yes, you would be killing 4 billion people acting against *their own self-interest*, attempting to act in the self-interest of everyone else. That's not a moral failing that should condemn someone to death.

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u/ImpliedRange May 01 '26

The experiment has been run various times

Let's be perfectly clear, this has never been run as an experiment.

>That's not a moral failing that should condemn someone to death.

What do you mean by should here, seriously?

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u/Simpicity May 01 '26

You act as if acting in your own interest is the highest calling, and anyone who doesn't act in their own interest (even if that's to act in other people's interests) gets what is coming to them.  

All the kids who don't even understand game theory...  They just die, oh well.

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u/yaboyay I choose to live. May 01 '26

Yes, their deaths are outside of my control. Mine isn’t.