A trolley is heading towards 4 people. If you pull the switch, it will be diverted towards 1 person. Also, if you slip the switch by pulling it after the front wheels have passed but before back wheels do, it will probably come to a complete halt before hitting anyone, but there is a 20% chance that you'll fuck up and kill all 5 people. There are exits to the east, north, west, and south.

What will you do? _

[–] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I would say an 80% chance of killing anyone is preferable to a 100% chance.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago

This. On average it's the same number of deaths, but there's also the 80% chance to avoid the guilt of killing anyone. The guilt of killing 5 people is presumably not 5 times worse than the guilt of killing 1 person.

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