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Would You Kill The Big Guy?
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A train is hurtling down a railway line. It's out of control and the brakes have failed. Ahead, five people are tied to the track and apparently face certain death. You, however, are standing by the rails and have a chance to save them.
This Poll is inspired by the following BBC World Service Documentary:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2010/05/100423_would_you_kill_big_guy_two.shtml
This poll is closed.
Situation 1: There is a junction on the line in front of you leading down a branch line. If you pull a lever you can divert the train from the main line and instead onto this branch line where there is only one man. If you take this branch line this man will die. Do you pull the lever?
- Pull The Lever - 33 votes
- 75%
- Don't Pull The Lever - 11 votes
- 25%
Situation 2: Same train and workers. This time you are on a bridge over the line. The train could be stopped by a heavy object thrown in front of it. Beside you there is a Fat Man - if you pushed him over the bridge and into the line his body would stop the train. Would you push the Fat Man to his death to save the five works?
- Don't Push The Fat Man - 31 votes
- 66%
- Push The Fat Man - 16 votes
- 34%
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You could do nothing and let the situation take its course - in that respect you're deliberate actions are not responsible for any one death?
Is that a cop-out?
I can't vote because I don't know if I could put one life over another? The obvious answer would be to save the majority but what if that one person you killed could have changed events saving thousands in the future?
Is that a cop-out?
I can't vote because I don't know if I could put one life over another? The obvious answer would be to save the majority but what if that one person you killed could have changed events saving thousands in the future?
OMG ... so many people have answered on the basis of the statistics !!
Have you no morals?
At the outset, nothing thay you have done has caused the death of an innocent person.
But in order to do "a good deed" you would sacrifice someone else's life?
OMG ... I must avoid railway lines when you lot are about !!!!!!!
Have you no morals?
At the outset, nothing thay you have done has caused the death of an innocent person.
But in order to do "a good deed" you would sacrifice someone else's life?
OMG ... I must avoid railway lines when you lot are about !!!!!!!
