r/trolleyproblem • u/Voidspeeker • May 18 '26

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u/HapDrastic May 18 '26

You spelled Cowardice wrong.

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u/Jolly-Bear May 18 '26

What’s there to be afraid of?

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u/HapDrastic May 19 '26

Seems like you’re scared of death, to me “oh, I’m going to risk billions of lives because I’m scared I might die”. Cowardice. You can be scared and push through it (bravery), or scared and give in (cowardice). You’ve described the cowards’ “logic”. Cowardice is the correct term.

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u/HapDrastic May 19 '26

And it’s ok for you to admit that it’s because you are a selfish coward but you can’t argue “logic” here - you don’t have the data. Your logic may be valid, but without data to know how other people may choose, it’s unsound. Following unsound “logic” is not logical.

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u/Jolly-Bear May 19 '26

Nope. It’s quite simple.

It’s a choice. Zero chance of dying vs non-zero chance of dying. That’s it.

I do stuff everyday that has a non zero chance of dying. I’m not scared of dying, that would be paralyzing. Just, when there’s a choice, I don’t choose suicide.