the fairness problem

[hellxsco]

The real question is would it be fair to deprive the trolley of the *blood of the innocent, * which the trolley so desperately craves?

[mothwizard]

Someone on the trolley is writing an article called “Here’s why getting off the tracks isn’t all it’s cracked up to be”

[poweroffriendship.]

The Absurd Trolley Problem is something that an evil villain with a top hat and a twirly mustache would like to play in his free time.

[willsith]

Diverting the trolley will delay its arrival times, making the company lose profits, and that's no good for anyone.

[totalhydration]

the real question is whether or not the trolley has enough momentum to go through those people after having lost a lot of momentum on the previous batch of people

[auroraborealis]

No. In fact, to ensure maximum fairness, I'm going to lay down on the tracks with them.

[awkwardllama]

This feels like the "well I had to have a shit childhood and so do you!" argument distilled into its purest form

[SemiHypercube]

Those people are clearly tired of being trapped in a thought experiment in ethics

[Florkl]

I propose we rename the Sunk Cost Fallacy to the Why stop the trolley now? Fallacy

[weirdbookshelf]

This actually is a good way to represent people, that don't want improvements because they/other people didn't live with those improvements, and instead wish to keep unnecessary suffering running

[sparrow]

The fear in that second man’s voice is so palpable it was almost contagious

[swatchbox]

This is the political commentary I subscribed for!

[chaihill]

I love taking the trolley problem to stupid and ridiculous lengths. Definitely one of my favorite genders.

[IQPrower]

He doesn’t even sound scared about his situation, just livid that it’s even up for discussion.

[fryerfryer]

True fairness would be reversing the trolly back over the killed people, magically bringing them back to life.

[naknoll]

This is a perfect metaphor for the American Student Debt program. Thank you Luke

[spongeintheshoe]

The real question is, is letting the trolley kill more people going to make the people it already killed any less dead?

[spook]

If you divert it though, all of us who aren't on the track are gonna have to be barely inconvenienced by the trolley being slightly delayed 🙄

[TheDevinMT]

The trolley is kept in motion by the spirits of the boomers it has already killed

[pantuternik]

"Now I see... you deny the trolley its' purpose! It yearns to bathe in the blood of innocents... but you hold it back!"

"No... my steering is a tool of justice!"