Timeline for What are the logical problems of solving the trolley problem with chance?
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| Jun 16, 2022 at 11:51 | answer | added | haxor789 | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Feb 20, 2022 at 12:35 | comment | added | David Gudeman | You never explain what the trolley problem is. Questions should be more self-contained, and not require additional research to even know what you are asking about. | |
| Feb 20, 2022 at 2:15 | answer | added | tkruse | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 20, 2022 at 1:51 | comment | added | user4894 | It's not probability homework, it's a moral dilemma. | |
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| Feb 19, 2022 at 23:44 | comment | added | Danyel | @causative I think if we just limit ourselves to maximizing life/minimizing death then pulling the lever and saving the five is the obvious answer, but in that case there is no trolley problem to begin with. I guess I maximize the chance of saving lives subject to the constraint of also minimizing "unfairness" when distributing that chance | |
| Feb 19, 2022 at 23:39 | comment | added | Danyel | I already pointed out that one in my own question. I think the only argument that was at least sound was the Kantian/existentialist one but I explained why I don't think it fully answers it | |
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| Feb 19, 2022 at 22:55 | comment | added | Conifold | Does this answer your question? What are the ethical problems with flipping a coin to decide in the trolley problem? | |
| Feb 19, 2022 at 22:53 | comment | added | Danyel | Right. I'm maximizing chance of living per person, all six people considered. A) With dice, all of them have 1/6, the average is 1/6, and the variance (unfairness) is zero. B) No dice, if you don't move the lever, the distribution of chance per person is 1/6,0,0,0,0,0. The average is 1/36, and the unfairness is 0.07. C) No dice, if you do pull the lever, the distribution per person is 0, 1/6,1/6,1/6,1/6,1/6, the average is 5/36, and the unfairness is also 0.07.So, definitely C) is better than B), but, A) is still better than C) ! The average is larger 1/6 > 5/36 and the "unfairness" is lower. | |
| Feb 19, 2022 at 19:52 | comment | added | causative♦ | Well, the expected number of deaths rises if you do that, compared to if you just kill the one person. Specifically, you would expect 5/6 * 1 + 1/6 * 5 = 1.666... deaths if you roll your die, compared to only 1 if you just kill the 1. | |
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| S Feb 19, 2022 at 17:47 | history | asked | Danyel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |