Monday, June 6, 2011

Mini Thoughts

I stumbled upon this, unfortunately, I cannot take full credit.


      You’re driving down the road and, in a moment of silliness, you run a red light. In one universe, a cop pulls you over and gives you a ticket, as well as a stern talking to. In another universe you hit a little old lady and kill her.
        In the first universe you’re just an ordinary motorist. In the second you’re a shameful monster. But you had no control over the presence of the little old lady, the same list of controllable actions were available to you in both universes.
        If our moral responsibility extends only to our voluntary actions, then in both universes your only fault lies in running the red light. Why then do we assign additional blame for hitting the lady, an outcome over which one had no control?

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