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user-inactivated  ·  3750 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why the Democrats lost: Progressive policies had success – too bad the party didn't run on them

We've got a variation on the train track problem. And they say philosophy has no practical import.

How many lives will be helped and how much money will be saved if one of the conservative members of the SC eats it in the next four months?





b_b  ·  3750 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, but in the classic train track problem you're supposed to feel bad making the choice...

user-inactivated  ·  3750 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Which is why it needs an update. There'd be more philosophy majors if visceral positive feedback loops were associated with all the famous thought experiments.

user-inactivated  ·  3748 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What sort of visceral feedback loops are we talking about here?

user-inactivated  ·  3748 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Getting to kill idiots.