• NSRXN
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    12 months ago

    Everyone who didn’t vote got what they asked for

    the only thing they clearly wanted was no winner

    • @batmaniam
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      -12 months ago

      That was not an option on the table. Again, if you think it’ll lead to a better tomorrow so be it, but acknowledge the bodies paving the road.

      • NSRXN
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        12 months ago

        voting makes them responsible for the bodies.

        • @batmaniam
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          02 months ago

          Yeah… so does not… that’s the whole damn trolley problem thing… there were clear and defined outcomes for not pulling the switch. May have been justifiable, not even debating that, but you still own the choice.

          • NSRXN
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            22 months ago

            the whole damn trolley problem thing

            doesn’t have an answer. it’s a thought experiment to expose your personal ethics. deontologists never touch the switch.

            • @batmaniam
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              02 months ago

              deontologists still get splattered, even if it’s the correct choice.

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                22 months ago

                but they have no responsibility for the circumstances.

                • @batmaniam
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                  -12 months ago

                  Didn’t say they did. People die none the less. If that’s acceptable that’s fine, but call it what it is: An acceptable loss.

                  • NSRXN
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                    12 months ago

                    it is immoral to flip the switch and murder someone. that doesn’t make the situation acceptable

          • NSRXN
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            12 months ago

            you can’t be responsible for something you didn’t cause. that’s not how responsibility works.

            • @batmaniam
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              02 months ago

              There are differing opinions on that depending on which philosopher is at the switch. What doesn’t change is they all have to watch the carnage.

              • NSRXN
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                12 months ago

                but some of them choose to become murderers

                • @batmaniam
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                  02 months ago

                  No, all of them did. Through action or inaction. So again, if it was in service of a better tomorrow so be it, but it is what it is.

                  • NSRXN
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                    12 months ago

                    you can’t murder through inaction, unless words don’t mean anything.