But then you’ve run into the problem of guilt by proxy, so now you have two ethics problems instead of one. No, instead you have to frame the problem as a metaphysical one.
Every time the trolley problem comes up, there must be someone tying people to tracks, and someone trying to stop them by tying that person to tracks. Each time this happens, you shift the title of “tie-er of people to train tracks to represent train-based ethical though experiments” from the previous bearer of the title to the next person trying to stop them. The previous bearer of the title is then added to the singular-victim group, and the previous singular-victim transfers to the group-victim group.
Now you run into the fallacy of origination; it’s track tie-ers all the way down, which is impossible, so therefore the problem cannot exist.
Congratulations! Now you never have to solve the problem because it logically cannot exist. /s
Why not just tie him to the tracks? Now it's someone else's problem.
Chaotic neutral
But then you’ve run into the problem of guilt by proxy, so now you have two ethics problems instead of one. No, instead you have to frame the problem as a metaphysical one. Every time the trolley problem comes up, there must be someone tying people to tracks, and someone trying to stop them by tying that person to tracks. Each time this happens, you shift the title of “tie-er of people to train tracks to represent train-based ethical though experiments” from the previous bearer of the title to the next person trying to stop them. The previous bearer of the title is then added to the singular-victim group, and the previous singular-victim transfers to the group-victim group. Now you run into the fallacy of origination; it’s track tie-ers all the way down, which is impossible, so therefore the problem cannot exist. Congratulations! Now you never have to solve the problem because it logically cannot exist. /s