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0 pointsanoncake5y ago0 comments

The trolley problem also used to be controversial. Now it's:

A trolley is running towards a single 80-year old. If you do pull a trigger, it will instead kill an unknown number of people, including children.

If you don't, you're a monster.

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I’d like to point this out as a great example of a Straw man argument.

I wish it was.

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0 pointsanoncake5y ago0 comments

The trolley problem also used to be controversial. Now it's:

A trolley is running towards a single 80-year old. If you do pull a trigger, it will instead kill an unknown number of people, including children.

If you don't, you're a monster.

I’d like to point this out as a great example of a Straw man argument.

I wish it was.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse