Yes, triage flows directly from scarcity. But once you’re in a triage situation, you can’t answer it by saying “this is caused by scarcity” (basically “we shouldn’t be in this situation”)-- you have to choose something to avoid losing everything. It becomes a moral problem when you won’t step in and save more people because you don’t want to get your hands dirty.
This strikes right at the heart of trolleyology for me. And in some cases, seems like a scarcity problem rather than a moral problem.
Yes, triage flows directly from scarcity. But once you’re in a triage situation, you can’t answer it by saying “this is caused by scarcity” (basically “we shouldn’t be in this situation”)-- you have to choose something to avoid losing everything. It becomes a moral problem when you won’t step in and save more people because you don’t want to get your hands dirty.
yes, i agree both can be true.