Oh, here's how I thought about the question, if you're interested. First I thought, do I know the guy walking by me? Do I know anyone on the train? If it's no, then I just thought well, I wasn't responsible for the train being out of control so why would I have any responsibility in stopping it by killing this guy? It wouldn't be my fault if the train crashes, I had nothing to do with it, I don't really see the point in killing a guy over something I had nothing to do with. Let the guy who designed or screwed up the train take the heat for the people dying.
That's one of the valid answers. You considered whether to help a friend, either beside you or on the train. That's not sociopathic behaviour.
The biggest moral dilemma for me is in getting involved. If I throw the man off the bridge, then I've killed him. It was my choice. If I left the five people to die without my intervention then I haven't strictly *chosen* to kill them, I just haven't killed someone else in order to save them.
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Oh, here's how I thought about the question, if you're interested. First I thought, do I know the guy walking by me? Do I know anyone on the train? If it's no, then I just thought well, I wasn't responsible for the train being out of control so why would I have any responsibility in stopping it by killing this guy? It wouldn't be my fault if the train crashes, I had nothing to do with it, I don't really see the point in killing a guy over something I had nothing to do with. Let the guy who designed or screwed up the train take the heat for the people dying.
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That's one of the valid answers. You considered whether to help a friend, either beside you or on the train. That's not sociopathic behaviour.
The biggest moral dilemma for me is in getting involved. If I throw the man off the bridge, then I've killed him. It was my choice. If I left the five people to die without my intervention then I haven't strictly *chosen* to kill them, I just haven't killed someone else in order to save them.