Imagine there is a railroad track. On that track there are 5 people standing there. A railroad cart is on its way going fast. You are standing far away but close enough to see it. Next to you is a lever that ,if pulled, will divert the cart onto a different track. The problem is that on that other track there is 1 person standing there. You DO NOT know anybody personally and they are all adults. They are COMPLETLY random. Would you pull the lever?
What if you were on a bridge that went over the tracks and the 5 people were beneath you. Same cart on its way. However, this time there is a very large person standing at the edge. If you push this person over they will fall down to the tracks in front of the 5 people. The cart would srike and kill that person causing it to derail and miss the other 5 people. Would you push that person? (I realize that is is unlikley that any one person could derail a railroad cart but that is not the point of the question)
2007-07-07
10:55:34
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