Comments on: A moral dilemma http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2008/06/23/a-moral-dilemma/ A web site by Joshua Sowin that addresses culture, books, technology, ecology, religion, and other topics. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:18:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: John http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2008/06/23/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-73020 John Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:31:19 +0000 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2008/06/23/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-73020 I would never be able to sort through the implications and make a decision before the train tore through the five. Whether my burger has onions or not is too difficult for me. I would never be able to sort through the implications and make a decision before the train tore through the five.

Whether my burger has onions or not is too difficult for me.

]]> By: Travis Seitler http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2008/06/23/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-72840 Travis Seitler Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:52:03 +0000 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2008/06/23/a-moral-dilemma/#comment-72840 <em>"If you are like most people, you said yes."</em> There's the rub, eh? Apparently I'm not like most people. (I get that a lot, though... and it seems it's not usually intended as a compliment.) Flipping a switch and pushing a body make no difference in my mind. If I were to flip the switch, I would be acting as executioner for those five. For all I know, the five are mass-murderers and the one is a faithful husband and father of six. As I see it, the true "moral" choice would be to track down the person who tied them in the first place, and make sure s/he had a "front row seat" for the next engine to roll down those tracks. “If you are like most people, you said yes.”

There’s the rub, eh? Apparently I’m not like most people. (I get that a lot, though… and it seems it’s not usually intended as a compliment.)

Flipping a switch and pushing a body make no difference in my mind. If I were to flip the switch, I would be acting as executioner for those five. For all I know, the five are mass-murderers and the one is a faithful husband and father of six.

As I see it, the true “moral” choice would be to track down the person who tied them in the first place, and make sure s/he had a “front row seat” for the next engine to roll down those tracks.

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