2021-03-22 0:11:55 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

gammija:

> Was reading the wikipedia page on trolley problems to find out whether TMA is or isnt one - I still don’t have a clear answer, but i do have this part from ‘criticisms’, which seems surprisingly apt:

> > Brianna Rennix and Nathan J. Robinson go even further and assert that the thought experiment is not only useless, but also downright detrimental to human psychology. The authors opine that to make cold calculations about hypothetical situations in which every alternative will result in one or more gruesome deaths is to encourage a type of thinking that is devoid of human empathy and assumes a mandate to decide who lives or dies. They also question the premise of the scenario. “If I am forced against my will into a situation where people will die, and I have no ability to stop it, how is my choice a "moral” choice between meaningfully different options, as opposed to a horror show I’ve just been thrust into, in which I have no meaningful agency at all?“