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circuit  ·  3380 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Philosophy experiment: Should You Kill the Fat Man?

I felt the same way. Analogy:

"If you won a billion dollars in the lottery, would you ever play the lottery again?"

"No, I'm rich."

"But what if you had a 99% chance of winning again in one try, are you sure you don't want to reconsider your blanket statement?"

"Why didn't you include the statement I consider to be absurd in the original question?"

"..."