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If we had to torture and murder millions of innocent children to stop global warming would that be okay? (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by DominatorX1@thelemmy.club to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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EDIT Ok so it's just the trolly problem.

EDIT2 : AHA War Games 1983. "The only winning move is not to play." (We might call this the final product of a lot of smart philosophical digestion, because it's a famous movie). There's always the perfectly valid option to ditch the riddle. (Because maybe the riddle is dumb, or maybe the riddle is no better than a thousand others, utilitywise )

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Are we witnessing the DNC forming their 2028 presidential platform here in real time? I can't wait to have a bunch of right-wing liberals tell me why murdering millions of kids is absolutely necessary and that I'm obviously a conservative Russian plant for not supporting it.

[–] DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's the trolly problem. A classic.

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 hours ago

What do you think is the use of trolley problems?