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ornithophobia in soul_campaign

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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[Voice][Private] ornithophobia January 2 2010, 17:47:25 UTC

Getting to know people. It's a thought-provoking question.

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[Voice][Private] ornithophobia January 2 2010, 17:52:00 UTC

Learning how they think is a start. You don't need to concern yourself with it.

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Voice suchselfishness January 2 2010, 17:46:47 UTC

That's stupid.

Voice ornithophobia January 2 2010, 17:48:14 UTC

Why do you say that?

Voice suchselfishness January 2 2010, 17:53:53 UTC

Because I don't care about imaginary trains and moral problems.

Voice ornithophobia January 2 2010, 18:00:10 UTC

And so that means that the question is beneath you. Or is it that the moral dilemma's really that difficult, and you wouldn't be able to act if you were in that situation?

[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?

[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.

[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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Voice. ih8spiders January 2 2010, 18:00:10 UTC

... These are very subjective questions.

Voice. ornithophobia January 2 2010, 18:07:06 UTC

It's a difficult model, but it should be easy enough to imagine yourself in that situation.

Voice. ih8spiders January 2 2010, 18:14:38 UTC

Yes, it is easy enough. The answer, too--I'd either push the five workers out of the way or stop the trolley myself.

Voice. ornithophobia January 2 2010, 18:19:05 UTC

For the purposes of the problem, you wouldn't be able to make it in time. But it's admirable that you'd put yourself in danger that way.

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[Voice] a_r0yal_flush January 2 2010, 18:05:32 UTC

Eeeeh?! I would want to save everyone! One life is just as important as many.

[Voice] ornithophobia January 2 2010, 18:09:55 UTC

Of course you'd want to save everyone, but rarely are we that fortunate. Sometimes you have to make a difficult choice.

[Voice] a_r0yal_flush January 2 2010, 18:15:25 UTC

Maybe, but I would never sacrifice someone else. There are always other options so long as you look hard enough.

[voice] ornithophobia January 2 2010, 18:20:41 UTC

However, if you were to wait that long to look, the five men would be dead.

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