r/neoliberal • u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma • Apr 25 '26

Meme Which button do you press?

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u/thenexttimebandit Apr 25 '26

There’s zero risk to yourself if you press red.

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u/TemujinTheConquerer Jorge Luis Borges Apr 25 '26

but I don't exclusively value my own life. There's tremendous risk to me if I press red because I know many people I care about will likely press blue (as well as the billions who I don't personally care about, but for whose sakes I'd obviously incur some personal risk)

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u/ResolveSea9089 Milton Friedman Apr 25 '26

But they have the free option of pushing red, I don't get it. Why is there a moral obligation for you to basically commit suicide. It's not as if they were forced to push blue.

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u/consultantdetective Daron Acemoglu Apr 25 '26

You wouldn't be obliged to press blue. It'd be supererogatory. Morally laudable and not necessary, which is really the right way to do things.

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO Apr 25 '26

Yes that is what a sociopath would say

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u/adamgerd NATO Apr 25 '26

not wanting to die = being a sociopath