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ooli  ·  3164 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Philosophy experiment: Should You Kill the Fat Man?

I 'm on the same camp.

And I dont value life at all: It's kind of ok to die in my book. But you should not be the one making the call in any circumstance. You can, of course, but accept it's morally bad.





War  ·  3164 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Let me ask then? When is it morally ok to die? Just of natural causes(an example being old age)?

ooli  ·  3164 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Whenever you want, because you feel it serve something more important.

e.g: If the fatman decide to sacrifice himself for the 5 other dude, he's a cool guy. He is not morally forced to do so. And I wont push him on the track. And I feel anyone pushing him is kind of a dick.

War  ·  3164 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    But you should not be the one making the call in any circumstance.

I must have misread that then. I thought you meant that even in any case even suicide it would be morally wrong. I guess you only meant that when my actions cause another to die it is morally wrong, right? Unless of course the fat man is morally wrong for jumping in front of the train regardless of the people he saves?

user-inactivated  ·  3163 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Was it The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin?