Today's the birthday of Philippa Foot, the mother of one of the best known ethical dilemmas of our time: the 'trolley problem'.
The original trolley problem:
A brakeless trolley nears.
If you don't act, 5 people will die.
If you change its track by pulling the lever, only 1 will die.
What will you do?
A thread to celebrate books & reading.👇
"The mere reading of a book requires some degree of isolation, of being protected against the presence of others."
- Hannah Arendt
Below, some ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews of this year's Calendar.
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"Brought the 2021 calendar, so pleased to see they made a 2022 one! Love as a printable as I can just print a month at a time to stick on the fridge so family can add their events (aka "I need a lift that day")."
Today's the birthday of Philippa Foot, the mother of one of the best known ethical dilemmas of our time: the 'trolley problem'.
The original trolley problem:
A brakeless trolley nears.
If you don't act, 5 people will die.
If you change its track by pulling the lever, only 1 will die.
What will you do?
1 . The School of Athens (Raphael) 2. The Scream
(Edward Munch)
Aug 25, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century, according to Cicero (thread):
1/6 Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century, according to Cicero (thread):
2/6 Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;
Aug 1, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Love is patient.
Love is kind.
May 12, 2021 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
MEGA TROLLEY THREAD
The original trolley problem:
A brakeless trolley nears.
If you don't act, 5 workers (who cannot hear the trolley coming) will die.
If you change its track by pulling a lever, only 1 worker will die and the 5 workers will live.
What should you do?
A variation of the trolley problem:
A brakeless trolley nears.
If you don't act, 5 workers will die.
If you push a big man from an overpass, he will die while stopping and saving the 5 workers on the trolley track.
What should you do?
Apr 25, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
The philosopher king and stoic Marcus Aurelius was born 1900 years ago on April 26, 121 AD.
A thread to celebrate. 🎉
"You can also commit injustice by doing nothing."
- Marcus Aurelius (born #onthisday)
Apr 22, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Happy birthday to Immanuel Kant!
A special "Kant in Bricks" thread to celebrate! 🎉
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
- Immanuel Kant
Feb 26, 2021 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
Art in Bricks (MEGA THREAD)
"School of Athens"
- Raphael
"The Scream"
- Edward Munch
Oct 13, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
A thread to celebrate Hannah Arendt's birthday:
14 October, 1906.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction [..] and the distinction between true and false [..] no longer exists.”
- Hannah Arendt