Critique of Scott Aaronson's Defense of Zionism Using Trolley Problem Analogy for Gaza Conflict
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jjgreen
9mo ago· 4 min readenOpinion
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Summary
The article criticizes Scott Aaronson's recent blog post where he uses a philosophical analogy to defend Zionism in the context of the Gaza conflict. The author expresses disappointment that Aaronson's silence on Gaza was misinterpreted as growing awareness, when in fact he was developing a defense comparing the situation to a trolley problem scenario where diverting a train would kill five children of a murderer.
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Scott Aaronson's going quiet on the issue meant that he was starting to realize that this had become indefensible
Turns out I was very wrong
the current situation in Gaza is analogous to an evil murderer kidnapping your child and strapping her to train tracks before an oncoming train
This situation provides for him a definition of Zionism
Given the ever more obvious case that genocide is going on in Gaza, I had been thinking that Scott Aaronson’s going quiet on the issue meant that he was starting to realize that this had beco…
