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lawtonfogle
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Well, what I am seeing is this.
===Kid===switch====99kids===
____________======nokids===
So no problem pulling switch, one kid dies either way, and you have no way to stop it.
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...but then you wasted even more of your precious time by typing a counterproductive response.
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Why would we be in a quandary concerning a hypothetical with multiple angles of qualifications and solutions?
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If it is meant to be an ethical question, finding the "cute way out" removes it from ethics and puts it into puzzle category. If the answer is take the kids out of the room, I would hope this thread gets removed for being unrelated to ethics or morality.
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The ethical question is this: Is it acceptable to kill one to save 99?
Breaking it down into anything else is just a puzzle.
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That's one of the problems I've had posing ethical questions to people. They always go against the spirit of the game and try to find the "way out". I don't know what yguy was after, but in my opinion the question i asked is what he is trying to ask.
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white dove
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LOL oh no... I hope you're wrong. Otherwise, what have we done with our lives here?
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Read "Storm of the Century" by Stephen King. Same type of moral dilemma.
For me personally, I would not shoot any child. If the dictator went through with his threat the blood of those children would be on his hands, not mine. As for how the parents would view me, that would honestly be their own problem. If I kill one child, I would have to face that child's parents - and that child's blood WOULD be on my hands because I did indeed kill that child.
For me personally, I would not shoot any child. If the dictator went through with his threat the blood of those children would be on his hands, not mine. As for how the parents would view me, that would honestly be their own problem. If I kill one child, I would have to face that child's parents - and that child's blood WOULD be on my hands because I did indeed kill that child.
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I must say I find that perfectly reasonable. When we have to deal with ethical questions in reality, they always pop up in a situation, in a context, and situation and context determine what can be done and what is to do.
Whilst ethical hypotheticals typically try to remove all those elements that actually would be there if I were facing a dilemma.
I´m not sure I see the point in pretending I have a problem that I will not and can never have.
Indeed, I think the actual question behind the hypothetical is: Is it ethical to kill one to save 100? And the answer is: it depends on the situation and the context, as well as all the other options that are available.
The attempt of the hypothetical to create a concrete situation from the abstract question without actually creating a realistic situation (but instead doing every effort to remove everything situational and contextual) is somewhat absurd.
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You'll notice as people present their "out of the box" solution, the original premise keeps changing to "correct" the oversight. To me it makes it clear what he is trying to ask.
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