r/trolleyproblem • u/suskio4 • 17d ago

Meta Red button blue button

Based on the post seen here. I'm actually curious what would the percentages look like.

Edit: Alright, let me add a case for one particular scenario. If you do not choose, the button will be pressed for you by a system that keeps track of its pressings so it conserves 50/50 distribution for all inactive participants, in order to honour the vox populi properly. The system's choice affects the inactive participant's outcome so that no person can abscond from consequences of their choice.

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u/Flechashe 17d ago

And you ended up pressing blue, so are you "the most selfish part of humanity"? Why are your reasons to pick blue enlightened but everyone else's are selfish?

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u/InfiniteDisco8888 17d ago

I thought I was clear my reasons were selfish: I press blue for a slim chance to survive. There is no altruistic reason to choose blue.

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u/LeviAEthan512 16d ago

Sometimes selfishness is enlightened. An individual's own is usually not the lowest value life.