Would you sacrifice one person to save five? - Eleanor Nelsen
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Date: 2020-08-22
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Gene
This sounds cruel, but I would save whoever is the most important. Say for example that one of the five was a scientist that is about to discover a cure for cancer. Due to the fact that saving him would save more lives in the end and the person who might die will probably leave little impact on the world, I would save the five. Yet, if he was in the middle, the bodies of the people in front of him might slow the train down. Besides, there are too many people anyways, that does not mean I would deliberately kill a person, but if faced with a problem like this, I would have to sacrifice the least important people.
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This sounds cruel, but I would save whoever is the most important. Say for example that one of the five was a scientist that is about to discover a cure for cancer. Due to the fact that saving him would save more lives in the end and the person who might die will probably leave little impact on the world, I would save the five. Yet, if he was in the middle, the bodies of the people in front of him might slow the train down. Besides, there are too many people anyways, that does not mean I would deliberately kill a person, but if faced with a problem like this, I would have to sacrifice the least important people.
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miguel
the difference is what you do, no what you intend to do and consequences
for experiment 1 - you are saving 5 people, when you intend to save 5 people but the consequence is that one person will die
for experiment 2 - you are killing 1 person intending to save 5 people and the consequence is that 5 people are saved.
because on experiment 2 you are actually intend to kill one person to save 5 it is harder and more personal.
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the difference is what you do, no what you intend to do and consequences
for experiment 1 - you are saving 5 people, when you intend to save 5 people but the consequence is that one person will die
for experiment 2 - you are killing 1 person intending to save 5 people and the consequence is that 5 people are saved.
because on experiment 2 you are actually intend to kill one person to save 5 it is harder and more personal.
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Cameron
I would sacrifice one person to save people unless those 5 a criminal then I would kill them. There those 5 workers are teenager and the other worker was an elderly nearing the end of their live. I would choose to kill the elderly worker because the other five have more time to live. Would also kill 5 elderly worker and save the one teenager base on the same decision
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I would sacrifice one person to save people unless those 5 a criminal then I would kill them. There those 5 workers are teenager and the other worker was an elderly nearing the end of their live. I would choose to kill the elderly worker because the other five have more time to live. Would also kill 5 elderly worker and save the one teenager base on the same decision
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Alvin
Let's make it even extreme.
Would you save a president of a country in exchange of 3/4 of the president's country?
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Let the president who have been a veteran in a great war, a hero, and charismatic die tragically, and let the whole country intact?
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Let's make it even extreme.
Would you save a president of a country in exchange of 3/4 of the president's country?
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Let the president who have been a veteran in a great war, a hero, and charismatic die tragically, and let the whole country intact?
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Anwar
Well, i ask the big person to jump for saving the 5 people. If he don't, i tell him that he's the only one who can save them and it will mess with his minds. I don't want my mind to be messed with these kind of things. Sorry btw
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Well, i ask the big person to jump for saving the 5 people. If he don't, i tell him that he's the only one who can save them and it will mess with his minds. I don't want my mind to be messed with these kind of things. Sorry btw
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kyc07
If the 5 people were old aged and the worker was a young teenager then who would you choose?
Considering that the teenager have a whole life of 50-60 years ahead of him/her and the others 5 people have 10-20 years only.
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If the 5 people were old aged and the worker was a young teenager then who would you choose?
Considering that the teenager have a whole life of 50-60 years ahead of him/her and the others 5 people have 10-20 years only.
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Chiquicat
I think the answer is it depends in who you save. Being all equal workers is a no brainer: kill 1 save 5. But what if 1 is a Nobel prize and 5 are drunk bogans on the dole? Kill 5 save 1 for me.
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I think the answer is it depends in who you save. Being all equal workers is a no brainer: kill 1 save 5. But what if 1 is a Nobel prize and 5 are drunk bogans on the dole? Kill 5 save 1 for me.
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Bo-jivan
the trolly is about to run over ten people. you can pull a lever to stop the trolly. but that will mean our customers will be late and this action will decrease our profits. Do you pull the lever
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the trolly is about to run over ten people. you can pull a lever to stop the trolly. but that will mean our customers will be late and this action will decrease our profits. Do you pull the lever
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Yogendra
We should not push the guy on the bridge. The society will think us as a murder they won't see us as the Savoir of many. In the end it's for our own good.
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We should not push the guy on the bridge. The society will think us as a murder they won't see us as the Savoir of many. In the end it's for our own good.
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Courtney
I prefer another version of this, where the are five person tied to a track and you can switch the track, but on the other track is a member of your family
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I prefer another version of this, where the are five person tied to a track and you can switch the track, but on the other track is a member of your family
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