Cookie Thread Act 3: The Cookie Strikes Back

General
#19171

Oh I just mean N.1

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#19172

oh

#19173

To keep pushing for more intense exhilaration highs because there’s no other way to outpace anxiety and retain my sanity

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#19174

Not really.

#19175

All strangers are me

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#19176

The Drowning Child

Right, that seems as if it’s got to be the correct answer. If there is a moral obligation to help the child, it would be very odd to think this disappears just because we can’t be absolutely certain any particular intervention will be beneficial, particularly if we have good reason to think that actually it will be beneficial.

The Old Bike

Now consider another variation on the basic scenario. It so happens that you cycle to work, and the pond is located in a park where you know a gang of bicycle thieves operates. You don’t have time to lock up your bike, and you know that if you leave it, even briefly, to rescue the child, there’s a good chance that it’ll be stolen. It’s a battered old bike, it doesn’t hold any particular sentimental value to you, and you can easily replace it. Does the possibility your bike will be stolen while you’re saving the child mean you’re no longer obliged to go ahead with the rescue?

It makes no difference that my bike might be stolen, I still have a moral obligation to save the child.
It makes a difference that my bike might be stolen. I’m no longer obligated to save the child.

#19177

you see this is because you’re generally unempathetic

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#19178

wouldnt saving a person from drowning be exhilarating?
especially if they have little to nil time left before giving out

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#19179

Strangers are strangers.

#19180

If this is a serious thread, you all should be glad I arrived.

My takes on anything are typically 100% based

#19181

i’m going to beat this joke into the ground

#19182

I like how rachel doesn’t realize that all the cookie thread posters are katze. Dont believe me? watch me katze

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#19183

still moral obligation

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#19184

bike into the lake if it’s shallow enough. idiot

#19185

I’m not doing it you can’t make me

#19186

I like how rachel doesn’t realize that all the cookie thread posters are me on different accounts. Dont believe me? watch me post this on my other accounts

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#19187

I like how rachel doesn’t realize that all the cookie thread posters are me on different accounts. Dont believe me? watch me post this on my other accounts

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#19188

I like how rachel doesn’t realize that all the cookie thread posters are me on different accounts. Dont believe me? watch me post this on my other accounts

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#19189

I like how rachel doesn’t realize that all the cookie thread posters are me on different accounts. Dont believe me? watch me post this on my other accounts

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#19190

It makes no difference…

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