Episode 9 Discussion [rewatch]

[A Cousin]

(24-05-2010 03:33 PM)Nitrus Wrote:  That scenario is deeply flawed. Why does there need to be a man tied to the other track to stop it if it's already avoided the 5 people?

I risk of going way off topic, but this being your site, feel free when to tell me when to shut up.

It is merely a philosophical question that does require one to accept the scenario at face value. That one man has to be in the scene in order for the question to require any moral judgment at all. Someone must die - the five or the one. The question is who and under what circumstances is it "acceptable." The idea is that one must either physically push the man (direct involvement) or flip the switch (indirect involvement). And to drag this kicking and screaming back on topic, I think that 3.9 deals with this kind of moral question but the parameters of morality are skewed from what a normal (for lack of a better word) person would think of as acceptable. It isn't about torture only, it is about "the line."

Perhaps the biggest flaw is that he'd have to be one big dude to stop a train though!