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coast is stuck in the mouth of that cave. In a short time high tide will be upon them, and unless he is unstuck, they will all be drowned except the fat man, whose head is out of the cave. Someone in the group has a stick of dynamite. There seems no way to get the fat man loose without using the dynamite, which will inevitably kill the fat man; but if they do not use it everyone will drown. What should they do? Also, what are some other tough moral dilemmas? Think Sophie's choice and that one about the runaway train.
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If the man eats the dynamite then it'll be funny and everyone can laugh while they drown.
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Joust posted:If the man eats the dynamite then it'll be funny and everyone can laugh while they drown. why didn't any of these so-called philosophers think of that? what a bunch of mooks
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Apr 9, 2015 11:32
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do this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFwxH3PPWiU
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Apr 9, 2015 11:34
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how is this a dilemma
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Apr 9, 2015 11:38
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OP is prolly a philosopher irl
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Zzulu posted:how is this a dilemma because every life matters yeah that's why. yup. every life. 
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You are an inmate in a concentration camp. A sadistic guard is about to hang your son who tried to escape and wants you to pull the chair from underneath him. He says that if you don't he will not only kill your son but some other innocent inmate as well. You don't have any doubt that he means what he says. What should you do?
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Apr 9, 2015 11:48
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Do I have my Katana? If so I pull the chair and let my son hang to show this guard I mean business.
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Apr 9, 2015 11:50
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suck the guards dick and make him fall for you and then have him break you out of there
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Apr 9, 2015 11:50
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blow up the fat man obviously like even if it didn't save any lives it's the moral thing to do
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Zzulu posted:suck the guards dick and make him fall for you and then have him break you out of there "suck a dick" is actually the right answer to all these moral dillema questions. sry for giving the answer away so soon
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Apr 9, 2015 11:55
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the fat guy is probably a cop so he deserves death
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Apr 9, 2015 11:57
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also, lol to think a fat man could lead a group of people. Lack of self control does not make for a good leader. only place i'm following fatty is to the buffet.
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You and 3 of your coworkers are about to go to lunch. You will be driving them in your car. They all want Wendy's, but you want Burger King. Where should you go? God drat I should be a philosophy professor, or as I would call myself if I were one, a phil pro.
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Roger Smith, a quite competent swimmer, is out for a leisurely stroll. During the course of his walk he passes by a deserted pier from which a teenage boy who apparently cannot swim has fallen into the water. The boy is screaming for help. Smith recognizes that there is absolutely no danger to himself if he jumps in to save the boy; he could easily succeed if he tried. Nevertheless, he chooses to ignore the boy's cries. The water is cold and he is afraid of catching a cold -- he doesn't want to get his good clothes wet either. "Why should I inconvenience myself for this kid," Smith says to himself, and passes on. Does Smith have a moral obligation to save the boy? If so, should he have a legal obligation ["Good Samaritan" laws] as well?
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You are a man with a gun. You have the option of either a) pointing the gun at a dude and shooting him, or b) not doign that. If you choose either a) or b), you will be visited by the ghost of a girl without a face who will read tweets from Dawkin's twitter feed when you sleep.
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I have a PhD in philosophy and other stuff and let's just say::this whole thread + premise is extremely my poo poo.
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Matey posted:You and 3 of your coworkers are about to go to lunch. You will be driving them in your car. They all want Wendy's, but you want Burger King. Where should you go? To the doctor's or whoever else can help you with your brain problems.
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Minimalist Program posted:You are a man with a gun. You have the option of either a) pointing the gun at a dude and shooting him, or b) not doign that. If you choose either a) or b), you will be visited by the ghost of a girl without a face who will read tweets from Dawkin's twitter feed when you sleep. i think the only moral option is c) shoot up a school
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is the boy fat
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Apr 9, 2015 12:57
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Are we starting an Ultima game here?
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Put it in his butt, OP
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Apr 9, 2015 12:59
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If there are ethical dilemmas that don't involve murdering fat men, then I don't wanna hear them.
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You order a big mac and fries in the mcdonalds drive thru. After paying and receiving the bag of food, you start to drive away. Before you leave the parking lot, you look in the bag and realize you got an extra big mac. After getting home and eating all of the food, you look at the bottom of one of the big mac boxes and see that an employee has written "I JIZZED ON THIS FREE BIG MAC." What do you do? A little more open ended for some of the higher level philosophy students
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Apr 9, 2015 13:00
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Matey posted:You order a big mac and fries in the mcdonalds drive thru. After paying and receiving the bag of food, you start to drive away. Before you leave the parking lot, you look in the bag and realize you got an extra big mac. After getting home and eating all of the food, you look at the bottom of one of the big mac boxes and see that an employee has written "I JIZZED ON THIS FREE BIG MAC." What do you do? You sue the company for emotional damages.
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A misanthrope posted:i think the only moral option is c) shoot up a school ghmm, that's good.
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Apr 9, 2015 13:05
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:You sue the company for emotional damages. Pretty good. B+
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Minimalist Program posted:You are a man with a gun. You have the option of either a) pointing the gun at a dude and shooting him, or b) not doign that. If you choose either a) or b), you will be visited by the ghost of a girl without a face who will read tweets from Dawkin's twitter feed when you sleep.  Please stop calling me dick dorkins
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A misanthrope posted:You are an inmate in a concentration camp. A sadistic guard is about to hang your son who tried to escape and wants you to pull the chair from underneath him. He says that if you don't he will not only kill your son but some other innocent inmate as well. You don't have any doubt that he means what he says. What should you do? fall out of a guard tower
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Apr 9, 2015 13:26
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Careful im pretty sure its bannable to make fun of fat ppl, its not like your ripping on dead babies or 9/11 here where everyone can enjoy
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after a shipwreck, you find yourself trapped on a lifeboat with a great big fat man, no food, a knife, and plenty of fresh water. Also there's a hole in the boat, but the fat man is sitting over it plugging the hole with his rear end.
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Three men are standing in the road several feet apart from each other as your speeding car approaches. One yells "cuck". One yells "I'm gay." The third yells "goku." You don't have time to stop. What is the best way to position your car so that you hit all three?
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Apr 9, 2015 13:49
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option a) you have to suck a big burly mans dick for survival option b) there is no option b
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Cumslut1895 posted:
Whatever God or Hell Prince forced that child to do this is kind of an rear end. No matter how loyal she is to start with, a few years of this will make her resentful. The answer is befriend the horror-ghost and convince her to rebel, unionize, or just plain murder her boss, whichever's easiest.
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You're trapped inside the body of a man, but you are a woman in the brains. What do you do?
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post about it
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Zzulu posted:You're trapped inside the body of a man, but you are a woman in the brains. What do you do? I cut my way out of the grotesquely large man's brains.
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sa is so cutting-edge!
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im gay
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