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It is not the Trolley Problem, you seem to misunderstand the issue. There is no binary choice here, it is not comparable.
by JamisonM 7y ago
It is not the Trolley Problem, you seem to misunderstand the issue. There is no binary choice here, it is not comparable.
- 4bpp 7y agoThere is one: (1) let Stallman keep his position and inspire/encourage one set of people, while discouraging/putting off another; (2) remove Stallman from his position, foregoing both the inspiration/encouragement and the discouragement/putting off.
- donatj 7y ago> Is it okay for someone to murder a person if they saved more than one life before ? That is a yes or no question. That is literally a binary choice. Yes or no - is murder OK if that murder saves more than one person. That is literally the Trolley Problem.
- bitofhope 7y agoThat wasn't really the question, though. There was nothing there about saving lives _by_ murdering someone. It's more like "is it ok do do bad things if you've built up good karma beforehand by doing more good stuff".
- DarkWiiPlayer 7y agoNope. That's a strawman right there. The question is, is it acceptable to tolerate someones bad deeds because the benefits of doing so is greater than the harm.
- JamisonM 7y agoIt is not the Trolley Problem because the literal question is "Is it okay for someone to murder a person if they saved more than one life before?" and that is not the Trolley Problem, that is the "letting someone off the hook for present and future misdeeds based on past good acts." It just isn't the same thing.