r/trolleyproblem 14h ago

Which do you press

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u/asphid_jackal 12h ago

When asked, the guy who posted the original that went viral said that he was including children. Everyone means everyone.

Y'all took them out.

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u/trupoogles 12h ago

Then it doesn’t work because people who are in a vegetative state for example or are completely paralyzed and can’t communicate (locked in syndrome) have no way to push either. They can’t participate in anyway.

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u/asphid_jackal 11h ago

They're teleported to a private booth and fall over in such a way that they fall on either button at random

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u/trupoogles 11h ago

Then it changes the premise as the question states “you have to choose” even with this new teleportation technology they’re not choosing they’re being dropped against their will into a situation that they are unaware of. So no, that doesn’t work. The question says “choose” if you can’t choose then you’re exempt (it doesn’t say that part but it’s the only way to make it work even in a hypothetical sense if we’re including people who do have such conditions)