A train is speeding down a track towards 5 men who are stuck in place. You can pull a nearby lever to divert the train to another track where 1 man is stuck. Do you pull the lever to save the 5 at the cost of 1?
It isn't my lever to pull, or my decision to make. They got themselves stuck. I wouldn't pull it anyway though, thinking at least some of the five, maybe all of them, have a better chance of freeing each other than the one.
No, because the five are not dying as a result of my action or inaction, they're dying as a consequence of their own action. The one would be dying as a direct result of my action - there is nothing dumb about where he's standing on a dead track.
Zod I respect your opinion but these questions have two awnser choices. The point of the question is you MUST choose. You can't just make up your own reasonable choice
I DID choose. I don't pull it. We've been adding hypotheticals trying to find one where I might, but I really don't think there is one. I am not obligated to murder anyone ever, regardless the perception of a "greater good".
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