• NewDark@lemmings.world
    76·
    5 days ago

    Wow… so you’re telling me you took an action that resulted in the death of one person… to save the lives of many people… who would have died if you did nothing??? that sounds so familiar

  • gibmiser@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 days ago

    I stood on the edge of it all, a lone figure against the storm, contemplating the grim series of events that had led me here. The trolley problem, they called it. An ethical dilemma turned deadly reality. I had solved it the only way I knew how - with a bullet. The man responsible for tying all those people to the tracks was finally dead. It was over.

  • Allero@lemmy.today
    4·
    5 days ago

    You fool.

    Now you expanded the problem; is it moral to kill a person responsible for murder, to make a choice to end someone’s life?

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      Yes.

      Everyone loves positing moral dilemmas and then leaving them for other people to answer, with a finger poised to their lips ready to say “Interesting” and point out some weak level of hypocrisy.

      I’m just gonna answer simply, and correctly: Yes. If someone is a repeated threat to the safety of others and there is any reasonable risk of the justice system failing to incarcerate them, it is better to end their life.

      I wouldn’t even make that claim against one-time murderers, but some people go far over the line.

      • Allero@lemmy.today
        1·
        4 days ago

        In this case, it is simply a joke

        I never took my question seriously, and I would certainly pick the same. In the original dilemma, I would pull the lever.

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 days ago

    That’s always been my answer, I don’t touch anything unless it’s to switch it to the person who put me in the position to “have to decide” because fuck that guy.