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I wasn't arguing that the virus response was a trolley problem, but that it was a "trolley problem problem." Your response is almost too good to be true.
by TheRealDunkirk 6y ago
I wasn't arguing that the virus response was a trolley problem, but that it was a "trolley problem problem." Your response is almost too good to be true.
- yyyk 6y agoOuch. I guess I fell into the trap where one reads a word and doesn't notice it repeats twice (trolley problem problem). But I think I still got the jist of your argument: That people supporting lockdown are applying trolley problem logic ("hurt the economical bystanders to save sick people"). What I wrote in response applies. That isn't trolley logic since the goods are noncomparable. I'll go further: financial harms in general aren't a good fit for a trolley problem, since one can always compensate later.