Posted by alexandra_k on February 28, 2005, at 16:38:12
Lets say that you are on a train and the brakes are failing. There is no way that you can stop the train.
On the track in the distance ahead of you are six people. If the train continues along the track then six people will die.
You can divert the train to run along a different track. There is 1 person on the other track. If you divert the train then 1 person will die.
(a) Should you do nothing and let 6 people die?
(b) Should you divert the train and kill 1 person in order to save 6?
PS. You are not allowed to alter the details of the case. The point is that there are NO OTHER OPTIONS aside from (a) and (b).GIVEN THAT there are no other options, what should you do???
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