1mo ago

Are you a team player?

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The lever is already pulled, he'd have to push it.
Push the lever, when the trolley starts to switch to the other track, pull the lever and derail the trolley.
If he pulls the lever so the trolley starts to multi-track drift, he can kill all 10 people at once
- Plus all of the unmentioned people in the trolley since it would also hit both bridges
im ootl or something?
- It's a combination of two common 'trolley problem' moral dilemmas.
  Do you pull the switch to kill fewer people, even though that would actively involve you in the decision to kill people?
  AND
  There is a trolley coming - you are with a heavy man on a bridge. Do you push the man off the bridge, knowing his body is substantial enough to gum up the trolley and stop it - to save a greater number of people?
  In this scenario, by combining the two, pulling the lever will make the moral dilemma harder - because the fellow on the bridge must decide the life of 1 person vs. the life of 2. On the other hand, refusing to pull the lever will make the decision easier, if still not clear cut - as the fellow on the bridge must decide the life of 1 person vs. the life of 5.
  
  maybe i got confused because of the heavy man and bridge being on the two paths... Also, no way that "heavy man" can stop a trolley
  
  Im not strong enough to push a man heavy enough to "gum up a trolley" any way.
  
  I've seen a lot of variations of the trolley problem, and this is the first time I've ever heard the "heavy man." It also makes zero sense, because a heavy man would do nothing to a trolley.

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