(Revised from previous question).
A speeding train without a conductor is headed on a track towards 10 people who are tied down to the track. Right before the train would run over these people, there is a track that branches off. On this other track is 1 person tied down to it.
You cannot stop the train. However, you have a lever in your hand which can alter the train's path towards the 1 person if you pull it. Otherwise, the train heads toward the 10 people.
Do you pull the switch, knowing that you will have directly caused the death of an innocent person?
2006-07-07
18:02:42
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