I have a friend who is anti mRNA vaccines as they are so new.

Are they?

  • ABCDE@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’s not about who created the situation, it just exists for whatever reason. It’s about intervening.

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      10 months ago

      hence

      hate the idea that manipulating the lever means you are first hand causing the death of said one person

      that act on its own is intervening into the situation vs the other which is not.

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        10 months ago

        because of a situation you as the person created

        Maybe I misinterpreted your comment here; the situation exists not because of anything, it’s just there. The binary choice (or is it truly binary if there are supposedly three?) is the conundrum.

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          10 months ago

          The situation they created was to kill one person, versus the situation that existed was that 5 people would die.

          The difference is between action and inaction and the fact that it’s easier to say “you caused something” if you took some action than if you simply didn’t take an action.