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Trolley Problem

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On your morning walk, you see a trolley car hurtling down the track, the conductor slumped over the controls. In the path of the trolley are five men working on the track, oblivious to the danger. You are standing at a fork in the track and can pull a lever that will divert the trolley onto a spur, saving the five men. Unfortunately, the trolley would then run over a single worker who is laboring on the spur. Is it permissible to throw the switch, killing one man to save five?

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"HEY GET THE FUCK OFF THE TRACK!"
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Naw, let it crash- then put a bullet through the face of the one survivor. Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out.
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Yeah I'd throw the switch. I have no problem with making a sacrifice for the greater good.
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White Rabbit wrote:"HEY GET THE FUCK OFF THE TRACK!"
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how about jump on said trolly and stand on the brakes????
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Listen you rednecks, there are only 2 options - you let it run over 5 or you make it run over 1. :roll:

It doesn't ask how to stop the trolley or move the people. :lol:
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Make it run over the 1.

1 dead is better than 5 dead by 4 people. (I did that in my head and with my mittens on!)


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What's the one guy's name? I mean, do I know him? Do I know the five guys? What the fuck is a trolley doing in Republic anyway? Is there any chance I could sue the parent company for putting me in so much mental anguish? If the trolley is going slow enough that I could immediately become aware of the repercussions of either action, then why don't I have time to formulate another plan? In all groups of five guys doing heavy manual labor, there's usually just one standing around, doing nothing. How come he can't tell his co-workers to get off the track? If he's not there, where the hell is he? Did he call in sick? I'm pretty sure it's a union requirement that he be there.
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That is the "OTHER 1" he is suposed to be watching his buds backs so let the trolly run over him for not being where he is suposed to be his name is Dan he is 6"6 and overweight he smokes to much drinks to much and had killed baby kittens let him die
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I'd let it go... if 5 people are too dumb to get out of the way of the same trolley then they probably should have died a long time ago
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Let things play out. I don't know these dirt-bags. Prolly get sued by the dead guys family if you throw the switch.
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slow_walker wrote:On your morning walk, you see a trolley car hurtling down the track, the conductor slumped over the controls. In the path of the trolley are five men working on the track, oblivious to the danger. You are standing at a fork in the track and can pull a lever that will divert the trolley onto a spur, saving the five men. Unfortunately, the trolley would then run over a single worker who is laboring on the spur.
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Consider now a different scene. You are on a bridge overlooking the tracks and have spotted the runaway trolley bearing down on the five workers. Now the only way to stop the trolley is to throw a heavy object in its path. And the only heavy object within reach is a fat man standing next to you. Should you throw the man off the bridge?
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slow_walker wrote:Consider now a different scene. You are on a bridge overlooking the tracks and have spotted the runaway trolley bearing down on the five workers. Now the only way to stop the trolley is to throw a heavy object in its path. And the only heavy object within reach is a fat man standing next to you. Should you throw the man off the bridge?
SHOULD you? yes...
WILL you? Depends on if you can lift aforementioned fat man
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