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No, we're just in an equilibrium where everyone reclines. To be a PD it would have to be better for everyone if nobody reclined. We're in, perhaps, a tyranny o
by waqf 4y ago
No, we're just in an equilibrium where everyone reclines. To be a PD it would have to be better for everyone if nobody reclined.
We're in, perhaps, a tyranny of the majority, but those are everywhere. As I'm sure you've already noticed if you're 6'6".
- bigbillheck 4y ago> No, we're just in an equilibrium where everyone reclines Never had to sit in the very last row of an airplane?
- readthenotes1 4y agoWe are in the trolley problem, not the prisoners dilemma. And on some planes they even allowed those seats to recline a little, so maybe not in any philosophical debate other than that people often don't consider other people's suffering
- ryandvm 4y agoAh, so it's really a "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" situation.