Sounds like a trick question so I think I'd push the person next to me since it doesn't say they would be killed but would stop the train. Always reading into things... lol

I answered self-sacrifice. But lets be honest. A. who knows if I'm brave enough to live up to that until the moment arrives? And B. my skinny ass isn't stopping a runaway shopping cart, let alone a train. ?

Why am I the only one who notices that there is an oncoming train?

Option E. Take a taxi and avoid the train. There are lunatics there.

I would just wake up.

I liked the one being asked of prolifers last year.
You're in a fertility clinic that is burning down. There is a 5 year old child scared and crying in one room. In another room is a container full of thousands of fertilized embreos. You only have time to save one. Which do you choose?

I would keep myself out of the situation and not throw the lever, unless someone I care about is one of the five people who are about to go hit.

I don't know why all these people are standing on the track, but I guess it's the Darwin award for them.

It is a train how is jumping in front of it going to stop it from running 6 people over instead of 5 there is this annoying thing called momentum. Even flipping the switch if it is going fast enough to hit all 5 people means it is likely to derail and kill everyone around it and on it.

Tough choice. What you will hypothetically vote for, may not be what you will be doing in real life though. That's how mysterious we are.

How do we know that one person isn't the person who will cure cancer? Maybe the 5 are part of a terrorist cell? Who am I to decide whose life is important. I didn't set the train in motion. I didn't put those people on the track. Let chance run it's course.

I would let the event unfold the way it's going to happen. I'm not going to murder to save people unless it's my family. Yes, I'm a hypocrite.

This is a take off of the Trolley problem. A whole book has been written about this and most people would rather walk away then make a difficult decision. For me it would be a question of the last 2. It depends on who the other person is (If it was tRump it would be an easy decision). This would be a good discussion for the philosophy group.

It makes me wonder whether Sam Harris has actually ever been in an emergency situation.

Is the person I’m standing next to deciding on the same choices, maybe we make the same choice and both jump?

I always wondered if you threw the lever only halfway would the train just miss everyone and no-one has to die?

Though with my luck the damned thing would derail and kill us all.

Wull ....tell the person I'm with to choose while I video.
Of course.

This hypothetical does not have enough realistic specifics. However, throw the lever. Only logical choice. Why sacrifice my life for people who are stupid enough to be on the track for no reason?

This is a loaded question. Why should I assume that I have the means and knowledge to decide who rightfully lives or dies?

How would you program these choices into a self driving car?
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The worlds to crowded I'm not going to kill anyone but hell I'm not stoping it if it happens. Evolution is the survival of the fittest not survival of the most. With how humanity currently is evolution is stagnating theres no adapt to fit your environment its more adapt your environment to suit your needs and alow anyone to have as many kids as they want. The first time I watched idioracy I laughed at hiw ridiculous it was it's not so funny now more like best case scenario if the world keeps going the way it is. So less people always better

The peeps on the track are the least guilty. Only kill one as a lesson to the others.

I am definitely not taking my own life. I can't push the person standing next to me because that is too personal. I guess I would make a command decision to choose 1 life instead of losing 5. I would probably got to prison for murdering one person. Do nothing seems like maybe the best answer but that would make me feel like a coward, I think.

Throw the lever is winner by far. Sounds reasonable but you choose who dies weather you meant to or not. Acting for "the greater good", I have heard that before.

Saturday night. 16 voted throw the lever, 7 voted do nothing, 5 push the person standing next to you, and 5 would jump in front of the train. Medical doctor code "first do no harm".