jwb

The point of the hypothetical is to remove specifics so we can analyze human life vs a dogs life in a general sense. That's why looking for specifics that change the scenario is just trying to reframe the question to your favor rather than just answering it straight.

Let's say the scenario is specifically that you have to choose whither a random person dies or a random dog dies. You don't get to see or learn anything about the person or the dog. You just have to choose whether they kill a random person or a random dog. So you know as soon as you make the choice, then they are going to go out and select either the random person or dog to die. But it won't be anybody you know or any dog you've met. It will be a stranger you know nothing about. If you refuse to choose, they just kill both.

Chula Vista

This has gone beyond ridiculous.
Wouldn't made an awesome Twilight Zone episode though.

As soon as I started reading the post all I could hear was Jigsaw's voice in my head.




P.S.
Unlike with people, I don't need to 'meet' a dog to dig it. It's a given.

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Chula's driver's license photo.

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Trollheart

If it was you, I think you have my answer.
It kind of was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsMgho0GT8

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jwb

this is giving me deja vu to the time we tried to explain the free will debate to you years ago.

I'm trying not to be mean, but do you really not understand the concept of a hypothetical question?

WWWP

What if the dog got its papers mixed up with another dog’s and was never meant to be dangling from the cliff in the first place? Hypothetically?

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Lucem Ferre

Why not throw the sick **** that's doing it to prove a morality point off the cliff?

It's probably Micheal Vick.

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Trollheart

What if the dog is a furry? Now that would be confusing! Is it a human masquerading as a dog, or a dog trying to pass as a human? And while you debate in your head, both fall...

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jadis

Where have I heard this before

Chula Vista

Just cause I admitted you're smart doesn't mean you gotta condescend to me whenever you aren't getting your way.

It's a stupid question that I already answered with the bus scenario. That's as far as I'm willing to go.

Next?

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