Would You Pull the Lever to Save Them?

Would You Pull the Lever to Save Them?

But you do have access to a lever. If pulled; it will divert the train from the left lane to the right hand one. In effect, if you pull the lever; you will be killing one person to save five.

Should you pull the lever?

If you pull the lever, you're causing the death of the one person. Causing people to die seems like killing. And killing people is wrong. Ergo, we shouldn't pull the lever.

What is the correct answer to the Trolley Problem?

In the Trolley Problem, a train is hurtling down the tracks towards five men stuck in its path. The utilitarian answer is that the moral decision is to sacrifice the heavyweight man, because you'd still be killing one to save five.

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