Trolley Problem

Yes

Yes

Yes, reluctantly accepting the lesser evil, if you can't possibly avoid the greater one. I would shout out at the same time in the hope that the lone worker would hear and escape. You can only do what you can do.

What is this? How can it be that the 5 workers couldn't get out of the way in time yet there is time/space for the trolley to be diverted?

What if the one worker is a single parent caring for a disabled child whereas the five are all partner abusers with no children?

Grantanow That's the point you have no time to run a full application and interview system. You have to make an instant decision.

As with others mine would be 'Yes'

And *Grantanow, as it is a railway and someone would be responsible for the accident the family of the worker who died will almost certainly be entitled to good compensation and a pension. the family could be financially beyyet off than if he had lived.

Pull the lever part way so that the tracks don't meet and the trolley is derailed.

Sorry!!

winterwhite This is a what-if to see how people would react to a hypothetical situation. The lever-halfway solution could be the best - though the derailed trolley could well crush the person pulling the lever. Also, it would need practice in stopping at the halfway point. Once a newbie started pulling hard on a stiff lever it would probably go right over before they could stop.

Should an individual take the responsibility of killing a few to save the lives of the many? Should the state take that responibility?

If there is no time to involve the state, where does the responsibility fall?

If it is not known how valuable each person is, what dependents each has, or anything about them, how can anyone choose who to save except by numbers?

If five people died when it could have been one, how guilty would the person feel who stood there and did nothing? Would they think "The state should have done something?

Shout to the people to get out the way or are they all deaf

I ve no idea what I d do to be honest there’s so many problems in the world I can’t really be thinking about hypothetical ones
Either way you ll feel guilty and traumatised with ptsd for the rest of your life

And *Grantanow, as it is a railway and someone would be responsible for the accident the family of the worker who died will almost certainly be entitled to good compensation and a pension. the family could be financially beyyet off than if he had lived that’s alright then 😳.

I don't think there is a right answer but:

Do nothing and 5 die

Do something and 1 dies by your choice

So you must decide to kill 1 to save 5

Violet Sky, I think when it's about personal relationships it is actually best to do nothing. But when it's about a political decision it's best if the politician is utilitarian, on condition the politician has a kind heart.

Interesting, I see what you mean

What would Matt Hancock do?

What is a trolley?

Is a trolley one of the sections you see on a ‘goods train’ ?

I have quite enough ' problems ' to solve in my daily life , not enough emotional energy left for ' what ifs'

How on earth do you resurrect these threads ?

And why ?

aggie

How on earth do you resurrect these threads ?

Beats me. I can only assume that posters search the forums. 🤷‍♀️

When I try and search the cow says ‘it’s mooooved’