dilemma-4
Explanation
This comic deconstructs the classic "trolley problem" and similar moral dilemmas by presenting three scenarios of escalating simplicity. In Scenario 1, a runaway trolley can be diverted to save five people by pulling a lever -- and either way, everyone is happy. In Scenario 2, five people each need a different organ transplant, and someone volunteers who is described as "a great guy." In Scenario 3, ten men are trapped in a collapsed mine, but they have plenty of supplies and rescue has already arrived.
The punchline is the "discovery" at the bottom: "Moral dilemmas without the dilemma are really calming." The comic points out that what makes moral dilemmas interesting (and stressful) is the dilemma part -- the impossible tradeoff. By removing the actual difficult choice from each scenario, the situations become boringly pleasant non-problems.
The humor satirizes philosophy's love of thought experiments by showing how absurd they become when you strip away the tension. It also gently mocks the anxiety these hypotheticals produce: of course they're stressful, that's the entire point. The comic suggests a comedic "solution" to moral philosophy -- just remove the hard parts -- which is obviously useless but emotionally appealing.