an-ethical-trilemma
Original: an-ethical-trilemma on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Speaker (a balding man with glasses and a goatee, leaning forward): "Imagine you're in an out-of-control trolley. You're headed toward three buildings, and you control which you slam into. Two buildings contain five people, one building contains only one person. You randomly select a building to slam into. Then, one of the other buildings is revealed to contain five people. Should you switch tracks?"
Caption (below panel): "So far, no ethicists are impressed with the Monty Hall Trolley Problem."
Votey:
Handwritten note: "Pro tip: All ethical choice problems can be rephrased as Monty Hall problems."
Speaker (a balding man with glasses and a goatee, leaning forward): "Imagine you're in an out-of-control trolley. You're headed toward three buildings, and you control which you slam into. Two buildings contain five people, one building contains only one person. You randomly select a building to slam into. Then, one of the other buildings is revealed to contain five people. Should you switch tracks?"
Caption (below panel): "So far, no ethicists are impressed with the Monty Hall Trolley Problem."
Votey:
Handwritten note: "Pro tip: All ethical choice problems can be rephrased as Monty Hall problems."
Alt text
A balding man with glasses and a goatee leans forward against a green background, hands spread on a table, looking earnest. In a large speech bubble he says: "Imagine you're in an out-of-control trolley. You're headed toward three buildings, and you control which you slam into. Two buildings contain five people, one building contains only one person. You randomly select a building to slam into. Then, one of the other buildings is revealed to contain five people. Should you switch tracks?" A caption below reads: "So far, no ethicists are impressed with the Monty Hall Trolley Problem." The joke mashes the trolley problem together with the Monty Hall probability puzzle. The votey (aftercomic) is a handwritten note reading: "Pro tip: All ethical choice problems can be rephrased as Monty Hall problems."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.