it is safe here

Entire edifices of philosophy just came crashing down.

"By eliminating private cars and switching to public transportation, the mortality rate due to vehicular accidents has reduced significantly while making the city more efficient and pedestrian friendly. A major ethical delima has been all but solved by doing so."

I'm enjoying the ride so far

https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems

This is the problem I have with the trolly problem. This website right here.
EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE gets hung up on whether you should pull the lever or not. That's not the point of the trolly problem AT ALL.
The point is to consider whether you pull the lever or not, are you responsible for the outcome. It's a question of ethics. You didn't put anyone in this situation, but you have the ability to do something. If you do nothing, are you responsible for the deaths of the four/five/whatever people? If you act and do something, and only one person dies, are you responsible for that persons death, now that you've been an active participant in choosing one over the other?
For anyone still confused how that's not "do you kill one or four people" - think about this very similar, but differently portrayed problem that has the same moral dilemma: You're walking down the street, and you see a homeless person, they're begging for food, you have half of your footlong subway sandwich left over from lunch; but when you pass by, instead of giving them the sandwich, you continue walking, keeping your sandwich for later. That person, unbeknownst to you, later dies of starvation. Are you responsible for their death?
THATS THE QUESTION. not whether you'd pull the lever or not, not whether you would give someone the leftovers from lunch.... the question is literally, ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING SOMEONE, either by action or inaction. I don't think that anyone would disagree that killing 1 person vs killing 4/5/whatever people is a "better" choice (not a good choice, just one that's less bad). Thus that's NOT the question. The question is, since you didn't CREATE the situation that these people are in, by doing nothing, when you could have done something, are you responsible, and conversely, by doing something, when you could have done nothing, that leads to someone's demise, are you responsible then?
Jesus.
- How can you get so worked up about the trolley problem and still completely fuck up the difference between responsibility and accountability?
- "Well, obviously, the dilemma is clear. How do you kill all six people?"
That whole site was a lot of fun.
- The most horrifying one to me was the number of people who chose to keep their life savings rather than save 4 people.
Level 12 fuck. I guess that's modern society for you.

first thing I'm seeing this morning, I'm feeling content :)

Huh, an antimeme in the wild

(wait roughly 100 years)
All the trolley passengers and bystanders are now dead.

Yeah, tell that to Prigozhin.

I'd pull the lever, would you?

Final Destination 6

Canonically, the reader/audience stand-in is Mr. Leverpuller. Am I to assume that he's riding in the tram? To where then? Without a lever for pulling he's now unemployed. He has lost his purpose in life. What's the use of safety, when the destination no longer matters?

Now Mr Leverpuller receives a basic income from the state and is free to pursue a career or hobby in a field they enjoy without worrying about how they will survive paycheck to paycheck
- Ah... but what when he actually liked the job he was doing? Presenting binary choices with leverthrowing might sound like a strange hobby to have, but I don't judge. Unfortunately, the discarded levers from the scrapyard don't really scratch that itch the same way... they must be connected to something consequential. But without switches to switch Mr. Leverpuller had to get creative: Thus the trolley problem variant with the fat man on a bridge became one of his more infamous later works.
The journey is the destination, and what is a better journey than idly sitting on a tram with no appointments in sight?

Thanks, I needed that.

C/Fuckcar's dream

Hell it's my dream.
That gets me thinking. Isn't it wild how growing up we want to drive ourselves around instead of being passengers? Then if we make enough money we tend to go full circle and want to be drove/flown everywhere by others (or spend the money on something self driving). I suppose the difference is you're still being taken where you want to go.

The Trolley ~~Problem~~ Solution

What's the answer to The Trolley Problem you say? No. The answer is no.

Boring

Why did my anxiety levels rise then?

Oddly infuriating.

The fuck cars community especially loves this.