Kutta comments on Shut Up and Divide? - Less Wrong

60 Post author: Wei_Dai 09 February 2010 08:09PM

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Comment author: Kutta 09 February 2010 10:58:20PM *  3 points [-]

I sometimes try to imagine simple relevant situations such as being presented with two buttons:

Blue button: kill the man

Red button: save the man

I often find myself being able to choose very quickly, without being required to feel any excessive emotion about the matter. This way I know if I care for things, even though I might just feel like "So what?"

Comment author: MrHen 09 February 2010 11:26:11PM 0 points [-]

I had a whole grid of these at one point. They got pretty interesting after a while, but I never typed it all up and condensed it into anything useful.

A fun one: Is someone morally responsible for accidently pushing a button that will kill a crowd of people but then choosing not to stop it before it happens?