i’m pushing some other bozo in and making it a certainty that i wouldn’t help
i don’t like uncertainty and seek to eliminate it whenever possible
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i think in binary so to think someone else might do it doesn’t make sense
holy shit hi rachel lol welcome
you joined in the middle of an ethics discussion
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Oh I just mean N.1
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oh
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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Not really.
All strangers are me
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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.
you see this is because you’re generally unempathetic
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wouldnt saving a person from drowning be exhilarating?
especially if they have little to nil time left before giving out
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Strangers are strangers.
If this is a serious thread, you all should be glad I arrived.
My takes on anything are typically 100% based
i’m going to beat this joke into the ground
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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still moral obligation
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bike into the lake if it’s shallow enough. idiot
I’m not doing it you can’t make me
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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