Here’s the dilemma:
Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive.
I am wondering what would be the ethical / good / virtuous button to press, all things considered.
Specifically, why would virtue ethics / other moral frameworks would have to say about this question? Presumably one’s answer depends on how likely they think it is that 50% of the population would click blue, but I’m not sure.
I copied over from social media / twitter. It generated quite a discussion there; it seems that a lot of people are blue pressers and adamantly state that they wouldn’t want to live in a word with red pressers; but other people argue that red is the "rational" choice we should all take,