dilemma-4
Original: dilemma-4 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (Narrator/Speaker): SCENARIO: YOU'RE IN A RUNAWAY TROLLEY THAT WILL DELIVER FREE SANDWICHES AND YOU CAN ONLY DELIVER ONE TO FIVE PEOPLE OR ONE TO ONE PERSON, BUT EITHER WAY EVERYONE IS HAPPY.
Panel 2 (Speaker): SCENARIO: FIVE PEOPLE EACH NEED A DIFFERENT ORGAN AND ONE MAN HAS BONUS COPIES OF EVERY ORGAN AND IS READY TO SHARE. WHAT A GREAT GUY!
Panel 3 (Speaker): SCENARIO: TEN MEN ARE TRAPPED IN A COLLAPSED MINE AND THEY ABLE THE MEN, THEY WILL ESCAPE! IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE PLENTY OF OXYGEN AND OH LOOK HELP HAS ALREADY ARRIVED HOORAY!
Caption (below panels): Discovery: Moral dilemmas without the dilemma are really calming.
Votey:
(Speaker, a bald rounded-headed figure): SUPPOSE YOU'RE STARVING AND YOU CAN GET A LOAF OF BREAD FOR FREE AT A FOOD PANTRY. GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR.
Panel 2 (Speaker): SCENARIO: FIVE PEOPLE EACH NEED A DIFFERENT ORGAN AND ONE MAN HAS BONUS COPIES OF EVERY ORGAN AND IS READY TO SHARE. WHAT A GREAT GUY!
Panel 3 (Speaker): SCENARIO: TEN MEN ARE TRAPPED IN A COLLAPSED MINE AND THEY ABLE THE MEN, THEY WILL ESCAPE! IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE PLENTY OF OXYGEN AND OH LOOK HELP HAS ALREADY ARRIVED HOORAY!
Caption (below panels): Discovery: Moral dilemmas without the dilemma are really calming.
Votey:
(Speaker, a bald rounded-headed figure): SUPPOSE YOU'RE STARVING AND YOU CAN GET A LOAF OF BREAD FOR FREE AT A FOOD PANTRY. GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR.
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. In each panel, a stick figure with a round head excitedly narrates a classic moral-philosophy thought experiment, but stripped of any actual dilemma. Panel 1: a runaway trolley that delivers free sandwiches and either way everyone is happy. Panel 2: five people each need a different organ, and one man has bonus copies of every organ and is happy to share — "What a great guy!" Panel 3: ten men trapped in a collapsed mine who will escape anyway because they have plenty of oxygen and help has already arrived — "Hooray!" Caption below: "Discovery: Moral dilemmas without the dilemma are really calming." Votey: a bald rounded figure calmly says, "Suppose you're starving and you can get a loaf of bread for free at a food pantry. Go ahead and do that, that's what it's for."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.