Trolley Problems: Conveniently Inconvenient Worlds Considered
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The basic trolley problem is under-specified. In the basic case (no one will ever know what you did or did not do, a transfer saves N people and dooms M other statistically identical people) I hold that the answer is clearly switch if and only if N>M.
Trolley Problems: Conveniently Inconvenient Worlds Considered
Trolley Problems: Conveniently Inconvenient…
Trolley Problems: Conveniently Inconvenient Worlds Considered
The basic trolley problem is under-specified. In the basic case (no one will ever know what you did or did not do, a transfer saves N people and dooms M other statistically identical people) I hold that the answer is clearly switch if and only if N>M.