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Philosophers have debated the trolley question for decades. Pull the lever and kill one person, or don’t pull the lever and take the lives of four others. So, what would you do?
Tonight was the first discussion event for the T.R.U. philosophy club, thus being their topic of the night. We talked about different trolley scenarios, one being five seniors already at death’s doorstep or one baby. Shockingly, four voters voted yes on the baby dying compared to the five who opposed it. Another debate with a more serious outcome came once our host brought up this scenario, five people or your entire life savings… During the discussion, everyone seemed to agree that you should sacrifice the money, our host decided to change the voting process to anonymous which in return gave a unanimous vote, to sacrifice the money.
These scenarios are quite uncomfortable, yet that is one of the points of philosophy which is confronting the uncomfortable. Although they voted on ending a fictional baby’s life, I know if they came to the scenario in real life, they would save the baby. The entire group’s attitude was very open yet witty which shed light on these dark scenarios. Even to take the life of just one human when saving four is a traumatic experience but we understand that is the objectively right solution. Now when it’s a loved one or five randoms, an anonymous vote was sprung on us again and unanimously agreed to save our loved one.
