What do you do?

Poll - Total Votes: 8

Do nothing. Five people will die, but you won't be the direct cause of their deaths.

Switch the track. One person will die by your actions, but you will have spared five people.

You can only vote on one answer.

Ethical question: you are in a train yard, and a train is racing out of control down the tracks. There are five people tied to the track. You are too far away to free the people on the tracks, but you do have the controls that will switch the track that the train is on, sparing the five. Unfortunately, the train will hit one other person that is tied to the other track. Assume that switching the track or not switching the track are your only choices; you cannot intervene in any other way. Will you keep your hands clean by doing nothing, killing five and sparing one? Or will you condemn the one person to death in order to save the five?

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DillianBlake · 26-30, M

So in theory there are 6 people in all. And by killing one you are saving many and that's the "right" answer but we all know that you will blood on your hands if you switch the controls to save the five. But not doing anything you killed five to save one. That doesn't seem fair to do but no is killing one to save five. No decision is the correct answer but you are killing some who may have a family. Because if you where that one person you have a higher chance of dying and no one wants to be that one person who will probably die to save the others.
So my answer is it would only be answer if I was put into that situation

Darlingrose · 80-89, F

@lostinthe water, you are right,,there is no good answer to this question, I would guess for me it would have to do with my intention, if my intention was to save five people, that that would be my answer, even though I would grieve the loss of the one person. Better to grieve the loss of one than the loss of five!
Darlingrose

TheJudgerNautSquared · 41-45, M

The problem with this question is that they leave out the very real third possible scenario. Steven Seagal throwing the train out of a twenty third story plate-glass window saving the lives of everyone involved.

Watergirl · 51-55, F

Definitely a hard question. But choosing to do nothing is also a choice to condemn 5 people. Regardless I would feel guilty, but I would feel like I chose the lesser of two evils.

GeniUs · 56-60, M

I hope the one wasn't a care worker and the five didn't consist of a solicitor, banker, politician and 2 other bellends.

CallmeHopelessNotRomantic · 46-50, F

It's not my place to decide who lives or dies. I can't even think about what ifs without stressing lol

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