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What is your answer to the trolley problem?

You see a runaway trolley moving toward five tied-up (or otherwise incapacitated) people lying on the tracks. You are standing next to a lever that controls a switch. If you pull the lever, the trolley will be redirected onto a side track and the five people on the main track will be saved. However, there is a single person lying on the side track. You have two options:

1, Do nothing and allow the trolley to kill the five people on the main track.
2. Pull the lever, diverting the trolley onto the side track where it will kill one person.

Which is the more ethical option?
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ViciDraco · 36-40, M
Two is the most ethical option.

Granted that A ) murder is unethical
Granted that B ) knowingly choosing not to act is a choice and thus leaves you with responsibility for the outcome

Option two is four less murders on your hands than option one.