I am easily bogged
down in philosophical entanglements such as the Trolley problem.
“Out of the crooked timber
of humanity
no straight thing was ever made.”
Immanuel Kant
I
see much philosophy as verbal exits.
Nothing more than circular conversations leading to higher ground in
hopes of keeping your shoes dry. Non-ending
searches for solutions that don’t exist, sprinkled with catch phrases that are
nothing more than temporary detours.
We
have built dead ends and roundabouts into our language. Colleges and universities continue to gather tuition,
reflecting the image of big business, all the time knowing the path to
knowledge remains under construction.
As
new technology attempts to blend with ethical behavior, the trolley picks up
speed and finding solutions becomes more pressing. Eventually it is no longer people tied to the
tracks but our way of life.
ZC
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