One of my reactions to the trolley problem is that switching tracks to avoid killing someone who has already chosen to stand on a track is really different from up and pushing someone into the path of a train.
And yes. We don't need more ways to accede to death and rehearse manslaughter. (Thinking about polluting low income neighborhoods, and (lack of) access to expensive healthcare, etc. etc.)
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Date: 2018-09-04 03:06 am (UTC)One of my reactions to the trolley problem is that switching tracks to avoid killing someone who has already chosen to stand on a track is really different from up and pushing someone into the path of a train.
And yes. We don't need more ways to accede to death and rehearse manslaughter. (Thinking about polluting low income neighborhoods, and (lack of) access to expensive healthcare, etc. etc.)