Well, did killing this one healthcare CEO dismantle the entire US healthcare scamdustry or did it just feel vindictive and traumatise his children? If it didn't, it's not really a good trolley problem. Don't get me wrong, I wish destroying this harmful system was that simple - I wish it could be done without killing anyone - but it seems even killing people doesn't have made much of a fent in it.
did killing this one healthcare CEO dismantle the entire US healthcare scamdustry
For some added context, while it didn't dismantle the entire US healthcare scamindustry, I recall it causing insurance approvals to significantly increase for the next few weeks (like to the level of everything was approved / no rejections).
I don't know if or how many lives were saved by that increase in approvals, but if I had to guess, I'd guess that more people lived than died, due to the killing of one healthcare CEO.
Wait, it's all a trolley problem?
Always has been.
Well, did killing this one healthcare CEO dismantle the entire US healthcare scamdustry or did it just feel vindictive and traumatise his children? If it didn't, it's not really a good trolley problem. Don't get me wrong, I wish destroying this harmful system was that simple - I wish it could be done without killing anyone - but it seems even killing people doesn't have made much of a fent in it.
For some added context, while it didn't dismantle the entire US healthcare scamindustry, I recall it causing insurance approvals to significantly increase for the next few weeks (like to the level of everything was approved / no rejections).
I don't know if or how many lives were saved by that increase in approvals, but if I had to guess, I'd guess that more people lived than died, due to the killing of one healthcare CEO.
Utilitarianism in action!
I'd guess at least 5 (the ISO-standard amount of people on the trolley problem default track)
Now you're getting it!