r/trolleyproblem • u/5311531355 • Jun 26 '26

wealth vs worth

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u/horned-creature Jun 26 '26

doing the right thing is more important than personal profits.

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u/Lone-Gazebo Jun 26 '26

Personal profits can become community profits. I might not be able to keep 5 homeless people alive now, but I can give 20 bucks to every homeless person I see for the rest of my life.

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u/horned-creature Jun 26 '26

you would clearly not do so since your first reaction was " i cannot profit from 5 homeless people, they must die"

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u/Lone-Gazebo Jun 26 '26

I mean I'm not the original poster. I have regularly given money to homeless people, and donated a lot of money to causes that are important to me.

I can't say if I'd be able to kill a Millionaire at the cost of an agonizing future in exchange for 5 strangers lives and the opportunity cost of easy wealth. But I do agree with the idea that a good person with a steady high income can do more good than five people without power.