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Utilitarian Choice

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Utilitarian Choice

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  • PastafARRian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Obligatory: https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/

    • florge@feddit.uk
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      Well that was a time sink

  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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    Why don’t they just wiggle out of the way? They’re not tied to anything.

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      Or the train could do a little jump…

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        Too bad he’s on the other side of them or Thomas could just hit the brakes right after him.

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    And then they go and put another human being on the tracks.

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      I know right?? It’s messed up.

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    He wouldn’t have paid out anyway, the adjuster would try to force you to prove the train wouldn’t have stopped on its own after hitting the second person

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    Actually, the CEO is the person who controls the lever, and the railway is a closed circle, but if he stops the train, he just earns a 300% profit.

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      You misspelled “if he speeds up the train, he just earns a 300% profit”. Literally how they work. Parasites.

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        Nah, if he speeds up the train, he gets 1000% profit. He just refuses to stop the train because he would only get a 300% profit, which is less growth than last year’s 500%, so shareholders would be unhappy.

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        No no, you see, he only gets 300% profit for stopping it, but would get more by allowing it to continue.

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      That extra 6% is worth every life

  • BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org
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    That look on Thomas the Tank Engines face in the last panel

  • Ginny [they/she]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The Greater Good

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      Any luck with them swans, then?

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    https://media1.tenor.com/m/dcwAVN47o-UAAAAC/hot-fuzz-greater-good.gif

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