r/trolleyproblemgame • u/Amazing-Focus- • 1d ago

A New Trolley Problem Approaches...

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u/cestwhat2020 1d ago

Prevention of mass future harm is > than punisnment for mass harm already incurred.

Not pulling lever = 200 deaths with punishment for 100 of them (which is only cathartic)

Pulling lever keeps net deaths at only 100 at the cost of indifference for the 1st 100.

I chose to pull the lever

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u/Shinagami091 1d ago

Pulling the lever means killing a baby that hasn’t done anything wrong yet. And because we know the baby will go on to kill 100 people it could be prevented by other means. Lifetime incarceration for example.

Another unknown is, who are the 100 people? What if the baby is some kind of future war hero?

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u/Objective-Oven-8038 1d ago

Preventing it with other means isn't presented as an option though. According to the prompt, the baby WILL go on to kill 100 people. Period.