Should you flip the switch?

Question

A trolley is running out of control down a track. In its path are 5 people who have been tied to the track by a mad philosopher. Fortunately, you can flip a switch which will lead the trolley down a different track to safety. Unfortunately, there is a single person tied to that track. Should you flip the switch?

Answer 1

yes.

unless the single person was a loved one or a friendd.

Answer 2

BRAKES!

Answer 3

OMG! Did this seriously happen?!?!

I say switch the flip.

But I think i've heard that somewhere before...

Answer 4

Since I have an inadequate amount of information to determine who the people in front of me are (I mean, it could be Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Attila the Hun and Mussolini and the lone person could be Mother Teresa), I am still going to default and flip the switch to kill the one

Answer 5

It all depends on who the 5 people are.... I mean it could a group of mass murders on death row or something like that, so why not let it run them over rather then the one person who might not have done anything at all.

Answer 6

?

Answer 7

Depends, are the 5 hot women and the one an ugly one or vice versa? I need to do my community the right amount of service after all.

Answer 8

yep:(

better one person than five right.??

Answer 9

Without knowing anything about the 5 + 1 people involved, I would have to throw the switch. I don't imagine a sane philosopher would tie innocent people to a trolley track, but as this philosopher is mad (as in crazy?), there's no telling who he's tied to track. One run over innocent person is the lesser of the two evils. I could throw the switch and be confident I did the right thing. Hopefully the relatives of the one who was run over understood, although, I doubt they would. The families of the five would be appreciative, one would hope.

Answer 10

yes, it is always wise to sacrifice the needs of the few for the needs of the many. however i would just hit the brakes.

Answer 11

You call the electric company and they shut off the electricty running the trolly lines...

Answer 12

Of course.

I saved four people.