The Trolley Problem - Images
Totally Sick Loop-da-loop
![Hedonist's Trolley Problem The track is heading towards B. If you pull the lever, it will switch to A but it won't do the totally sick loop-da-loop.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/492/802/939.jpg)
![Hedonist's Trolley Problem The track is heading towards B. If you pull the lever, it will switch to A but it won't do the totally sick loop-da-loop.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/492/802/939.jpg)
The Trolley Problem
Quantum trolley problem
![A quantum wave-trolley approaches a plate with a double slit. On the other end of each slit is a crystal that will split the wave-trolley into an entangled pair of wave trolleys with half the energy of the original. You stand next to a lever that operates seven wave-trolley detectors. These detectors are placed on the tracks thet the entangled pairs will go through. Right after the detectors, people are tied down to the track, placed inside a box transparent only to the trolley frequency of the EM spectrum (this means you can't know if they are dead or alive until the box opens). If you activate the detectors, you will force the trolley's wave function to collapse into a single trolley-particle by revealing which slit it went through. This would instantly kill one of the two persons in front of the detectors on one side, but also have a 50% chance of killing a single person on the other end, or a 25% chance of either killing 4, or none, depending the final direction that the particle- trolley goes through. If you do nothing, you might kill everyone or no one, or some in some worlds and some in others. But you don't know which is it, because you haven't figured out whether the correct interpretation is Copenhagen, or Many Worlds or Pilot Wave or any other. There is one last problem: You are a virtue ethicist, and so you are probably unaware of any developments after Aristotle, and you're only vaguely aware that the 20th century happened, because you might have read Macintyre or Anscombe so you have no idea what any of this means or how to approach it PAM What do you do?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/482/828/cee.png)
![A quantum wave-trolley approaches a plate with a double slit. On the other end of each slit is a crystal that will split the wave-trolley into an entangled pair of wave trolleys with half the energy of the original. You stand next to a lever that operates seven wave-trolley detectors. These detectors are placed on the tracks thet the entangled pairs will go through. Right after the detectors, people are tied down to the track, placed inside a box transparent only to the trolley frequency of the EM spectrum (this means you can't know if they are dead or alive until the box opens). If you activate the detectors, you will force the trolley's wave function to collapse into a single trolley-particle by revealing which slit it went through. This would instantly kill one of the two persons in front of the detectors on one side, but also have a 50% chance of killing a single person on the other end, or a 25% chance of either killing 4, or none, depending the final direction that the particle- trolley goes through. If you do nothing, you might kill everyone or no one, or some in some worlds and some in others. But you don't know which is it, because you haven't figured out whether the correct interpretation is Copenhagen, or Many Worlds or Pilot Wave or any other. There is one last problem: You are a virtue ethicist, and so you are probably unaware of any developments after Aristotle, and you're only vaguely aware that the 20th century happened, because you might have read Macintyre or Anscombe so you have no idea what any of this means or how to approach it PAM What do you do?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/482/828/cee.png)
The Trolley Problem
Diorama
![me using the same format Making a whole diorama entirely out of paper just for this one stupid meme only getting upvotes for it](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/479/429/319.png)
![me using the same format Making a whole diorama entirely out of paper just for this one stupid meme only getting upvotes for it](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/479/429/319.png)
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One must always compromise, be centrist and non-partisan now
![The Democratic Party Trolley Problem Far-left rabble rousers say the top track is best, but the GOP want the bottom track. Do you select middle track as a compromise or just go with the bottom track because the far left doesn't donate to you?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/475/185/88e.jpg)
![The Democratic Party Trolley Problem Far-left rabble rousers say the top track is best, but the GOP want the bottom track. Do you select middle track as a compromise or just go with the bottom track because the far left doesn't donate to you?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/475/185/88e.jpg)
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Virgin vs Chad on the trolley problem
![Thinks his conscious is automatically clean if he simply does nothin<g ntomaleal ra Virgin "does nothing Weak arms from never pulling a goddamn lever. Too much of a coward to get involved in things. just stood there and let the objectively worse thing happern. Guy who survived turned out to be a homicidal klan member. Chad "pulls the lever" Thinks of the greater good Takes personal responsibility. ) Strong arms from pulling levers all day long Can handle the consequences of his own actions Five survivors are scientists on the verge of solving world hunger and global warming.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/458/988/c0c.png)
![Thinks his conscious is automatically clean if he simply does nothin<g ntomaleal ra Virgin "does nothing Weak arms from never pulling a goddamn lever. Too much of a coward to get involved in things. just stood there and let the objectively worse thing happern. Guy who survived turned out to be a homicidal klan member. Chad "pulls the lever" Thinks of the greater good Takes personal responsibility. ) Strong arms from pulling levers all day long Can handle the consequences of his own actions Five survivors are scientists on the verge of solving world hunger and global warming.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/458/988/c0c.png)
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the easiest solution
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![0 Weeaboo furry](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/448/932/2c0.jpg)
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Your next line is "Me_irl"
![HAVING A HAVING A GIRLFRIEND x95 ANIME](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/448/190/079.png)
![HAVING A HAVING A GIRLFRIEND x95 ANIME](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/448/190/079.png)
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hmm
![clueless hmm today will exberience an ethical dilemma You, on the other hand, are willing to kill someone you don't know basec is concetiihell the situation seemed like to you at the moment. Are you often addre one that, at the very least, does involve me. yurded judgement. I gotta hav in this first case a utilitarit lever and save the greate constitutes as a has a moral q ble to cha ve livesn e done man is th ourself with "1 thought that..."? ves above s? Based on immediate desires and... quan gation to get der au st the second case, u e on rolley. g. It reduces thought experiment mbe boring and frustra ilemmas down to math utilitariai and ethica component Aconomicte The removes the important human eriments so fun. I liken utilitarians t ch make érms of finances, while the former in ter Inactivity IS a choice. By bdle you are getting involved in the killing of 4 (5 total minus 1 unavoidable). We live to obtain order, choosing d3j4n 1 point 11 monthsag reliable path is the right thing. Being afraid to choose means loosing power over your responsibilities as aumn ng, capable of making decisions. enano, nowever, one faces a conflbetwe a ne an on the footbridge, and the positi duty ofs ving t saving the lives of the five workmen equires dong ed in doing it Sive assumption? da positive duty, namely the negative duty ive workmen on the track. In this case, Fo o (indeed, killing) the fat man on the footb](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/432/750/c03.png)
![clueless hmm today will exberience an ethical dilemma You, on the other hand, are willing to kill someone you don't know basec is concetiihell the situation seemed like to you at the moment. Are you often addre one that, at the very least, does involve me. yurded judgement. I gotta hav in this first case a utilitarit lever and save the greate constitutes as a has a moral q ble to cha ve livesn e done man is th ourself with "1 thought that..."? ves above s? Based on immediate desires and... quan gation to get der au st the second case, u e on rolley. g. It reduces thought experiment mbe boring and frustra ilemmas down to math utilitariai and ethica component Aconomicte The removes the important human eriments so fun. I liken utilitarians t ch make érms of finances, while the former in ter Inactivity IS a choice. By bdle you are getting involved in the killing of 4 (5 total minus 1 unavoidable). We live to obtain order, choosing d3j4n 1 point 11 monthsag reliable path is the right thing. Being afraid to choose means loosing power over your responsibilities as aumn ng, capable of making decisions. enano, nowever, one faces a conflbetwe a ne an on the footbridge, and the positi duty ofs ving t saving the lives of the five workmen equires dong ed in doing it Sive assumption? da positive duty, namely the negative duty ive workmen on the track. In this case, Fo o (indeed, killing) the fat man on the footb](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/432/750/c03.png)
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the centrist trolley problem
![The Centrist Trolley Problem There's literally no difference betweern killing one person and killing five people. You imbecile, you f------ moron](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/430/443/ecc.png)
![The Centrist Trolley Problem There's literally no difference betweern killing one person and killing five people. You imbecile, you f------ moron](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/430/443/ecc.png)
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The Freudian Trolley Problem
![000d Freudian Trolley Proble If you don't do anything, nobody ge However. as a repressed homosexual, you still feel a subconscious need to pull the lever because of its phallic shape. Do you pull the lever?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/423/167/f5a.png)
![000d Freudian Trolley Proble If you don't do anything, nobody ge However. as a repressed homosexual, you still feel a subconscious need to pull the lever because of its phallic shape. Do you pull the lever?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/423/167/f5a.png)
The Trolley Problem
Lose yourself
The Trolley Problem
Should you wake them up?
![You are a trolley operator. Up ahead are five sleep on the trac alert them and ask them to get out of the way, but that would mean that you have to violate their nap. Should you awake them, or respect their nap?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/395/688/68c.jpg)
![You are a trolley operator. Up ahead are five sleep on the trac alert them and ask them to get out of the way, but that would mean that you have to violate their nap. Should you awake them, or respect their nap?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/395/688/68c.jpg)
The Trolley Problem
Bae come over version
![I can't right now I'm experiencing an ethical dilemma Bae, come over. My entire family isn't home I know](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/370/901/18c.png)
![I can't right now I'm experiencing an ethical dilemma Bae, come over. My entire family isn't home I know](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/370/901/18c.png)
The Trolley Problem
"I Kant think of what to do in these situations"
![Amurderous trolley comes to your door looking toratriend whois urrentlýhidinginvour closet Lyinglscategorically wrong,Do youanswertruthfully?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/366/340/d6c.jpg)
![Amurderous trolley comes to your door looking toratriend whois urrentlýhidinginvour closet Lyinglscategorically wrong,Do youanswertruthfully?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/366/340/d6c.jpg)
The Trolley Problem
I have seen this dilemma before
![THE CLASSIC TROLLEY DILEMMA: You: Somebody you know: Five strangers: You Guys: Pfft. You just have to use multi-track drifting BUT ARE YOU READY FOR THE REVISITED VERSION? You: Somebody you know: CONCRETE BARRIER THAT PREVENTS MULTI-TRACK-DRIFTING Five strangers:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/362/287/386.png)
![THE CLASSIC TROLLEY DILEMMA: You: Somebody you know: Five strangers: You Guys: Pfft. You just have to use multi-track drifting BUT ARE YOU READY FOR THE REVISITED VERSION? You: Somebody you know: CONCRETE BARRIER THAT PREVENTS MULTI-TRACK-DRIFTING Five strangers:](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/362/287/386.png)
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No survivors
![Bourgeoisie More bourgeoisie MULTI- TRACK DRIFTING!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/353/676/f98.jpg)
![Bourgeoisie More bourgeoisie MULTI- TRACK DRIFTING!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/353/676/f98.jpg)
The Trolley Problem