Allah to Ask Lemmy • 1 day agoWhat are your thoughts on people who didn't vote?message-square132arrow-up146arrow-down118
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your thoughts on people who didn't vote?Allah to Ask Lemmy • 1 day agomessage-square132
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)linkfedilink2•1 day ago Everyone who didn’t vote got what they asked for the only thing they clearly wanted was no winner
minus-square@batmaniamlink-1•1 day agoThat 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.
minus-square@batmaniamlink0•1 day agoYeah… 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.
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)linkfedilink3•1 day 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.
minus-square@batmaniamlink0•1 day agodeontologists still get splattered, even if it’s the correct choice.
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)linkfedilink3•1 day agobut they have no responsibility for the circumstances.
minus-square@batmaniamlink-1•1 day agoDidn’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.
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)linkfedilink2•1 day agoit is immoral to flip the switch and murder someone. that doesn’t make the situation acceptable
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)linkfedilink2•1 day agoyou can’t be responsible for something you didn’t cause. that’s not how responsibility works.
minus-square@batmaniamlink0•1 day agoThere 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.
minus-square@batmaniamlink0•1 day agoNo, 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.
minus-squareNSRXN (insurrection)linkfedilink2•1 day agoyou can’t murder through inaction, unless words don’t mean anything.
the only thing they clearly wanted was no winner
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.
voting makes them responsible for the bodies.
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.
doesn’t have an answer. it’s a thought experiment to expose your personal ethics. deontologists never touch the switch.
deontologists still get splattered, even if it’s the correct choice.
but they have no responsibility for the circumstances.
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.
it is immoral to flip the switch and murder someone. that doesn’t make the situation acceptable
you can’t be responsible for something you didn’t cause. that’s not how responsibility works.
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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.
but some of them choose to become murderers
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.
you can’t murder through inaction, unless words don’t mean anything.