You are at the trolley switch, and are the CEO of the trolley line. An out-of-control trolley worth $20 million is heading toward a section of track where five workers are trapped. The alternate track is unmaintained, and will probably destroy the trolley beyond repair. Given the average wrongful death payout of one million dollars, you don't pull the switch, but you still face a minority shareholder lawsuit over the time you wasted considering it.
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Shareholders first. Nothing second.
exactly why private ownership is morally better, no shareholders to expect reasons for actions
Do you think an obscenely wealthy individual owner vs a publicly-traded company owned by a group of them solves the fundamental issue?
makes it more of the owner's personal choice, rather than having to come up with a justification to the shareholders.
But that’s good because wealth and power aren’t known to corrupt and change people right?
Multi-track drifting?
That's no good, you'll have the 5 wrongful deaths to settle and probably still have to pay for repairs even if the trolley is not fully destroyed. It's your fiduciary duty to not pull the lever.
The real issue to tophat man is that pulling the switch to rescue the workers might be seen as weakness and lead to having to negotiate with a union representative.
History tells us tophat man will kill them, instead, to prevent the risk of a union forming.
Red so cheerful, so upbeat. I wonder what they must be going through to be looking forward to the trolley running over them.
Red believes in the inherent goodness of humanity. Of course green will pull the lever, so why be stressed?
Alternatively, red is glad the system doesn’t unfairly influence green’s actions.
Alternatively, red is glad the system doesn’t unfairly influence green’s actions.
Haha. Now this drawing is going to pop into my head next time a friend is praising extreme Libertarian philosophy.
"One day I'll own this trolley"
Happy Red Face is definitely a Linked In "CEO" of a blog that he imagines will make money if only he licks enough boots.
I didn't care, until it happened to me! TO ME!!!
Meme about right-winger low-class workers.
It's always someone else... until it's not anymore.
Also, you're weird! 🤪 (The highest compliment I can think of receiving, so I offer it to you along with my thanks for posting 🙏)
Hey that's me!
If only the trolley had the power to stop in place.
Who would build machinery that way?! Think of all the ethics academics jobs it would destroy!
I don’t think being run over by a trolley would be that bad tbh. And you could get the dollar out of it when you return it to the shop later.
"I always though it was weird how none of the people on the track just roll out of the way, since they're not tied to anything."
rolls out of the way