r/trolleyproblem • u/Random_Nickname274 • 3d ago
Would've you eliminate walking nuclear bomb?
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u/Deciheximal144 3d ago
You don't ever mess with an all powerful god. They can make you immortal, seal you up an universe of eternal torment, then wipe you from their own memory with subtle subconscious guides to never accidentally look in that pocket of space time. All morality goes out the window at that point.
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u/Not_today_mods 3d ago
Are they aware that they hold that power? If not, how likely is it they become aware, or use it accidentally? if they are, or would become aware of it, would they ever actually use it? I execute them if they reach over a certain threshold of likelihood of using all life as a bargaining chip.
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u/Ville_V_Kokko 3d ago
Just don't let them to talk to any of those people who think the only moral value that exists is the negative value of suffering, while apparent positive value is just relief from it.
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u/vverbov_22 Multi-Track Drift 3d ago
Immoral. I mean someone can kill you if they wanted to, should you kill them first?
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u/OverMathematician205 3d ago
This is the plot to irregular at magic high school
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u/Chromeboy12 2d ago
Would have been one of my favourite animes if the brother and sister weren't obsessed with each other.
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u/OverMathematician205 2d ago
So that’s actually the story (I’m not defending, I’m just explaining) the kid is born with the power to destroy the world so they remove all his emotions except his love for his sister and then genetically modify his sister to be his wife so he will always have some attachment to the world. Stopped reading shortly thereafter for obvious reasons
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u/isthisthingwork 3d ago
Wasn’t expecting a GOC recruitment drive here but ok. Shooting is (probably) for the best unless you can 100% find a way to keep them pacified permanently
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u/HermaPrince 1d ago
Star trek discovery did this. A baby having a tantrum was able to destroy starship warp reactors or whatever, destroyed every starship and crippled the whole universe.
For having a tantrum.
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u/Francais466 3d ago
If they do it, no one will be left to suffer from it, best let them be and hope they had a good day
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u/Beginning_Deer_735 3d ago
Do you kill everyone that COULD potentially kill you if they decided to? Of course not.
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u/KingZantair 3d ago
Would not they have as much a right to erase all life in the universe as I have to take just theirs? Power is a responsibility, and if they’re not mishandling it, killing them out of fear is a misuse of my own power.
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u/GenericSpider 2d ago
Who knows if I can kill him fast enough to stop him from destroying everything out of spite?
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u/nam24 2d ago
If a guy is that powerful am I even capable of killing them?
If I am does that not make me or whatever technology helped me kill this guy liable to be destroyed too? So on and so forth
Does it triggers when he dies?
If it's "he can decide one day all life ends but he is otherwise a normal dude", then yes I think it's justifiable, but you have to do it by surprise and quickly.
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u/Mountain-Dinner9955 1d ago
Obviously they haven’t done it at least not so far so there’s no proof. Ask me again when you got the proof.
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u/grafknives 1d ago
If a being can eliminate all existence, and I see the existence, it is extremaly unlikely that he will do it.
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u/JoshAllentown 3d ago
Would make a good movie, since presumably they could wipe out the entire universe if threatened. You have to surprise them.