dilemma
Original: dilemma on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title banner (top): KNOW YOUR ETHICAL CONUNDRUMS:
Panel 1:
Narration: Is it okay to lie to Immanuel Kant to prevent him from killing someone?
Kant (an old man with a wig): I have a categorical imperative to KICK HIS ASS!
Panel 2:
Narration: Is it okay to punch Jeremy Bentham if it increases total happiness?
Bentham (a man being punched in the face): HOW INFELICITOUS!
Panel 3:
Narration: Is it okay to run over Philippa Foot with a trolley in order to avoid five other people?
Philippa Foot (a person getting hit by a trolley): What is the driver's intention and certa--- HRRK!!
Panel 4:
Narration: Is it okay to eat Peter Singer as long as he is not capable of suffering?
Peter Singer (a smiling man in a suit standing in a grassy field): Plus, I'm a FREE-RANGE Peter Singer!
Votey:
A close-up of a face (eyes closed, serene) with a speech banner across the bottom reading: Eat me!
Panel 1:
Narration: Is it okay to lie to Immanuel Kant to prevent him from killing someone?
Kant (an old man with a wig): I have a categorical imperative to KICK HIS ASS!
Panel 2:
Narration: Is it okay to punch Jeremy Bentham if it increases total happiness?
Bentham (a man being punched in the face): HOW INFELICITOUS!
Panel 3:
Narration: Is it okay to run over Philippa Foot with a trolley in order to avoid five other people?
Philippa Foot (a person getting hit by a trolley): What is the driver's intention and certa--- HRRK!!
Panel 4:
Narration: Is it okay to eat Peter Singer as long as he is not capable of suffering?
Peter Singer (a smiling man in a suit standing in a grassy field): Plus, I'm a FREE-RANGE Peter Singer!
Votey:
A close-up of a face (eyes closed, serene) with a speech banner across the bottom reading: Eat me!
Alt text
A four-panel comic titled "KNOW YOUR ETHICAL CONUNDRUMS," each panel posing a philosophy thought-experiment as a literal physical assault on the philosopher who is associated with it. Panel 1: "Is it okay to lie to Immanuel Kant to prevent him from killing someone?" An angry wigged Kant snarls, "I have a categorical imperative to KICK HIS ASS!" Panel 2: "Is it okay to punch Jeremy Bentham if it increases total happiness?" Bentham takes a fist to the face and cries, "HOW INFELICITOUS!" Panel 3: "Is it okay to run over Philippa Foot with a trolley in order to avoid five other people?" Foot is struck by a yellow trolley mid-sentence: "What is the driver's intention and certa--- HRRK!!" Panel 4: "Is it okay to eat Peter Singer as long as he is not capable of suffering?" A cheerful Peter Singer stands in a green field adding, "Plus, I'm a FREE-RANGE Peter Singer!" The joke turns each famous ethical dilemma back on its own author. Votey: a serene close-up of a face with closed eyes and a banner reading "Eat me!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.