This is a really tough tradeoff - because we *do* treat lives as having monetary value. Let me present a series of polls in this twitter thread:https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1242657146392784896 …
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A demon is about to senselessly slaughter a random person in the world. If you press the button, you stop the demon, but now every human on the planet must wash their hands at least 1 extra time in the next year. How many times do you press the button?
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If you ban cars, you save 1.25 million people every year. Do you ban cars?
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The demon is about to magically prevent all women from being able to have illegal abortions, which will save the lives of approximately 30,000 women every year. Do you stop him?
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I'd be more than a little concerned about and distracted by the revelation that demons do in fact exist
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This hypothetical... feels different during a pandemic than it would otherwise.
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