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Poll: What will you choose to do?
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I will choose to push the fat man onto the tracks.
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I will choose to do nothing.
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5 71.43%
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#1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
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RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem"
Can't the people move out of the way? Why are there people on the tracks in the first place? Did they all just happen to fall onto the tracks? Derailing the train, as has been said, seems like the best option - assuming the people cannot get out of the way (why wouldn't they be able to?).

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RE: #1 Thought experiment - "The Trolley Problem" - by ReptilianPeon - May 18, 2016 at 3:47 pm

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