I'm not sure. If we're keeping it as an imaginary scenario, and just answering based on what we believe, then the fat man gets it. I'd save the five immigrants.
However, if I'm trying to imagine this as a real event, assuming I even had the strength to push the man onto the track and that I knew that pushing the executive would save the immigrants, I don't think I could actually do it. It seems like my action would have to be quick, almost a reflex, and I can't imagine that I'd ever push someone onto a train track. I know that hypothetically, more people end up dead. I'm not sure what I'd do. I think what I'd want to happen, and what would actually happen, would end up being two different things.
Who's life would you rather save?
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I'm not sure. If we're keeping it as an imaginary scenario, and just answering based on what we believe, then the fat man gets it. I'd save the five immigrants.
However, if I'm trying to imagine this as a real event, assuming I even had the strength to push the man onto the track and that I knew that pushing the executive would save the immigrants, I don't think I could actually do it. It seems like my action would have to be quick, almost a reflex, and I can't imagine that I'd ever push someone onto a train track. I know that hypothetically, more people end up dead. I'm not sure what I'd do. I think what I'd want to happen, and what would actually happen, would end up being two different things.