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Wasn't the contract already broken when six people ended up tied to train tracks?
by bobbylarrybobby 4y ago
Wasn't the contract already broken when six people ended up tied to train tracks?
- filoleg 4y agoYes, it was broken, but by someone else, not me. I am not at (moral) fault for someone else breaking the contract. But if I pull the lever (or pushed a fat man onto the track that would halt the train), I am the one who is responsible for the resulting death, which makes me the one who broke the contract. That's the major dilemma here, because pulling the lever is the utilitarian-correct choice that saved more lives, but whoever pulled the lever went from being innocent to being a murderer.
- larmstrong 4y agoInteresting. So, in a way, by pulling the lever to save the majority, you’re making two sacrifices for the greater good⎯a life and your innocence.