Utilitiarianism and the Trolley Problem "joke"

Aetixintro · Post by **Aetixintro** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 4:43 am

Let's say that we have this train-conductor that has a choice of running over and killing this one person instead of the group of 5 people on a different track.

If we repeat this "procedure" infinitely, then these 5 people can put themselves in harm's way and "present" one person on the other track and in this way kill "infinitely" many people which reduces the group of 5 "cynical" people to a very small group.

Conclusion: Utilitarianism is not plausible as viable way for ethics!

Your opinion?

Link, Reductio ad absurdum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum.

Wootah · Post by **Wootah** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:24 pm

[Replying to post 20 by 2ndRateMind]

Competition.

Non christians in the past did not compete on out loving their neighbours until Jesus told us to. Now they all have to.

Bust Nak · Post by **Bust Nak** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:28 am

Wootah wrote: [Replying to post 20 by 2ndRateMind]

Competition.

Non christians in the past did not compete on out loving their neighbours until Jesus told us to. Now they all have to.

What ever happened to: "Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them?" Why would anyone need to be told by Jesus?