Is it okay to let one person die to save five lives? Would you change your mind if this person was a family member? In my opinion, it is not okay to push someone off the bridge without their consent. Who are we to choose who dies and who lives? People would even say “everything happens for a reason.” What if the five workmen where terrible people and the overweight men was a widower that has kids to take care of? Not only did you just kill a man, but you just made his kids' orphans. At least if the trolley killed the workmen you wouldn’t be held accountable for their deaths. However by pushing an innocent man you have committed murder.
It’s a typical “the needs of the many outweigh the few” but a more intense version where someone dies. Initially,
It’s a typical “the needs of the many outweigh the few” but a more intense version where someone dies. Initially,