In my answer to the trolley problem I also choose to switch the trains direction. “Surveys suggest that up to 90 percent of us would throw the lever in “Spur,” while a similar percentage think the Fat Man should not be thrown off the bridge. Yet, if asked, people find it hard to give logical reasons for this choice.” I thought that this point was accurate because it was hard for me to come up with a reason not to push the man off the bridge when I eventually settled on the fact that the man working on the railroad signed up for the job. I disagree that The Distinction between Killing and Letting Die doesn’t apply to the problem. The point of The Distinction between Killing and Letting Die article if the outcome and intentions were the same
