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A train is running down a track which has five people on it

You can flip a switch that would divert the train to a track with only one person on it. Should you flip the switch?
SW-User
I watched a whole 30 minute Harvard video on this.. and they never got to the fucking point! . So I’ll run over the 5 just to spite that video 😤
DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
Yes, because if there was something I could do to reduce the amount of deaths and people taken from their families I would

Hypothetically speaking That one person is going to die either way

I’m just sparing the others
SW-User
That one person could be the person destined to change the world.
To flip the switch I am actively choosing to kill someone.
To not flip the switch I am passively watching people die.
How do I know that saving the 5 is better than killing the 1? Quantity vs quality.

I'm going to let destiny do its thing and not interfere.
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
If those 5 people were Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, & George Soros

I'd call the train and tell them to speed up... 🤔
Ive heard this before.
Its a tough decision.....what happens if those 5 people are murderers , rapists and narcissists?

Sometimes fate is fate. And its not your place to choose .......or is it?😏
@OogieBoogie What if they are 5 school kids?
SW-User
It's something I don't need to think of as it's never going to happen 😁
SW-User
I wouldn't.

I can see why someone would. It's the pragmatic choice, and seems to make sense, but it would mean that I was choosing to kill the other person.
@SW-UserGood point, however, it could be argued that your inaction led to the deaths of 5 people.
SW-User
@Ozymandiaz true but I would justify it to myself by saying that I had no choice, and that the blame lies with whatever loon is going about tying people to railway tracks 😅
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@ChemDawg And is it?
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@ChemDawg This is my next question I think lol

 
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