I'm afraid that's the crux of the issue. You cannot outsource your decisions ad infinitum — there always comes a time when one need choose. The road of good intention is pitted with graves.
Corpses have a way of washing up clean. Unusual, isn't it? That this present death scrubbed nothing of our silt.
The cartwright's dillemma is a thought experiment. Indulge me —
A wagon plunges down the street. There are three men in its path; if the wagon is not turned aside, these three men will die. If you turn the wagon aside, one man will die.
There are infinite variations. Perhaps the lone victim is a loved one, or their manner of death asks that you throw them before the cart. Or that those three have committed terrible deeds, and the one an innocent soul. Else that he is an important man, and sparing him today will spare twenty more tomorrow —
The details are not the purpose. Merely a framework to ask oneself: What am I willing to do, to do what is right?
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I've no interest in raving of cults. But I'd not see you jettison your own morality without cause.
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it's a good thing that my own morality puts helping others first, then!
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Are you familiar with the cartwright's dillemma?
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graves aren't as permanent as most people seem to think :)
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The cartwright's dillemma is a thought experiment. Indulge me —
A wagon plunges down the street. There are three men in its path; if the wagon is not turned aside, these three men will die. If you turn the wagon aside, one man will die.
Do you turn the wagon?
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sorry is this supposed to be a hypothetical ?
i might be doing this wrong
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There are infinite variations. Perhaps the lone victim is a loved one, or their manner of death asks that you throw them before the cart. Or that those three have committed terrible deeds, and the one an innocent soul. Else that he is an important man, and sparing him today will spare twenty more tomorrow —
The details are not the purpose. Merely a framework to ask oneself: What am I willing to do, to do what is right?
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are you one of them ?
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in case you were worried about that
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May I show you something, Grace?
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i guess that depends on what you want to show me !
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sure
if you think it'll be helpful
[ Just, you know, helpful to whom. And for what reason. ]
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Shall we meet outside the SIRE - say, half past?
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