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1. LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 21:04:37 JST LS
   philosophy students spent thousands of dollars just to learn if they should push a fat man in front of a train
   • coldacid on 🔥 (coldacid@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 21:08:50 JST coldacid on 🔥

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     @lain or five fat men in front of it
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   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 21:11:24 JST LS

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     • 𒀹insignificant thoughts𒀺
     @InsignificantThoughts just lose weight lmao
   • 𒀹insignificant thoughts𒀺 (insignificantthoughts@uwu.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 21:11:25 JST 𒀹insignificant thoughts𒀺

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     @lain So what's the answer? I need to know if I should steer clear of philosophy students at train stations.

   • of nothing (apropos@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 21:15:55 JST of nothing

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     @lain
     Q: should you push a fat man in front of a train?
     A: no, of course not.
     Q: but he's in front of a train! He's going to be run over! Don't you want to save him?
     A: oh, then of course I do
     Q: so you're in favor of pushing fat people around, huh? tough guy?
     A: ...
     
     the real lessons here are of sophistry and how to gaslight people, but superficiallly it's deep thoughts about morality. Just think of the people who come away with only the moral lesson, as the people who are helping to subsidize the education of the future politicians among them who learn the other lesson.
     
     source: I have never attended a philosophy course of any kind
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