patient file 003 [text]

Jan 02, 2010 12:37

A trolley is running out of control down a track towards five workers who can't be warned in time.  You are standing within reach of a lever that could divert the trolley to a siding, but there is a single workman there.  Would you pull the lever and kill one to save five?

Suppose a very fat workman (large enough to stop the train) was on a bridge ( Read more... )

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[Video] alphaspider January 2 2010, 18:00:05 UTC
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[voice] ornithophobia January 2 2010, 18:04:11 UTC
Interesting choices. So you would consciously choose not to act, even though lives are at stake?

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[Video] alphaspider January 2 2010, 18:06:40 UTC
Yes. There are reasons, of course, but I doubt if they matter in your little test.

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[voice] ornithophobia January 2 2010, 18:17:18 UTC
[A light laugh.] It's my job to know the reason behind people's thoughts.

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[Video] alphaspider January 2 2010, 18:20:57 UTC
Would you tell me the results of my answers if I were to explain myself?

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[voice] ornithophobia January 2 2010, 18:25:39 UTC
Perhaps. Why, what would you have to lose?

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[Video] alphaspider January 2 2010, 18:27:39 UTC
Nothing, but neither would there be anything to gain. [Are you needling for information, doctor? Here, have a bit.]

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[voice] ornithophobia January 2 2010, 18:35:15 UTC
I think I'm obligated to believe that there's something to gain from talking about yourself.

In any case, do you never do anything unless you think you can profit from it?

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[Video] alphaspider January 2 2010, 18:45:50 UTC
You could also say that there's something to gain from silence.

I answered your test, didn't I?

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[Video] ornithophobia January 2 2010, 18:57:17 UTC
Everybody has something to say. No one can stay truly silent for long.

[The smile's audible in his voice.] Touché. Very well.

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[Video] alphaspider January 2 2010, 19:00:54 UTC
Everyone says something. The question is the value of the information.

[Have a grin.]

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