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This is a moral/philosophical question.
You are standing by the train tracks. You see 10 year old Jessica is trapped in the tracks as a train with 500 passengers is coming toward her. You can't reach her in time to free her before the train hits her. You notice a lever in front of you that will switch the train to a different track but that track leads to a bridge that is out.
Do you do nothing...sacrifice Jessica for the 500?
What if Hitler was on that train?
What if Jessica was your daughter?
No right or wrong answers...just answers based on perspective.
You are standing by the train tracks. You see 10 year old Jessica is trapped in the tracks as a train with 500 passengers is coming toward her. You can't reach her in time to free her before the train hits her. You notice a lever in front of you that will switch the train to a different track but that track leads to a bridge that is out.
Do you do nothing...sacrifice Jessica for the 500?
What if Hitler was on that train?
What if Jessica was your daughter?
No right or wrong answers...just answers based on perspective.
Big flood coming. Cops go house to house telling everyone to evacuate. One old man refuses to go. Says God will protect him. Water rises...rescuers come in a boat, "Get in the boat old man". "Nope, God will protect me". Water rises..old man on his roof. Helicopter comes..."grab the rope we will save you". "No sir, God will save me". The old man drowns.
He gets to heaven and demands to see God. They bring him to the "Man". He yells, "I trusted in you and you let me die".God says, "I sent a car, a boat, a helicopter...what the fuck more could I do"?
Ya got something harder?
Jessica’s parents failed her. Not something the passengers on the train should be punished for.
I dont care if Hitler is on the train. Had he won WW2 history would view him completely differently. The winners get to play the “good guys” when they write history books.
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But theres lots of variables to this one. Train making a trip from the prison? Eh fuck em. Is there time for me to try to stop the train? I always carry tools in the truck, including a hacksaw, hammer, tow rope, and a shackle. Might be able to derail the train so it doesnt go off the bridge, possibly nobody dies.
Coincidentally I was watching Flight 93 yesterday. Was thinking there's a shitty situation in which someone was potentially going to have to make the decision to instruct a fighter pilot to ram a commercial airline causing at least the death of 40 (44) civilains to prevent far more casualties. What a call to make.
pffft happens all the time .... next question.
Do you do nothing...sacrifice Jessica for the 500?
Of course.
What if Hitler was on that train?
Is he already evil at this point cause if he wasn't, then no, but if he was it means he's probably surrounded by 499 Nazi's and that's a pretty easy decision.
What if Jessica was your daughter?
Sorry Jessica.
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That's what my god wants me to do.
I’d flip the switch. Once the the first two train car passes the junction I’d Then flip the switch again. Maybe it would derail the train and save almost everyone.
I would much rather attempt to take on the pain of losing a child between myself and my wife then knowing in order to spare our daughters life 500 other families would have to lose theirs.
Sometimes you have to dive on the grenade.
Answer: All are great. Yes, all are great.
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