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Moral Intuitions Scenario #1

You are standing by a switch which will change the track a train is traveling on. On the track in which the train is heading are four people who do not see the train coming. You can flip the switch to save them, but this would put the train on a track with one person standing on it. You cannot call out to them or save them in any other way - if you do nothing, four people will die, and if you take action, one person will die. What do you do?

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on May 13, 2012 at 12:07am

Have a good night both of you!

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on May 12, 2012 at 11:36pm

Hey you could make separate discussion on Pon Farr. So much to talk about there. And I'm thinking we are all Star Trek fans. Glad you liked the wiki.

Permalink Reply by Jedi Wanderer on May 12, 2012 at 11:40pm

Yeah good idea. And please, by all means, feel free to start up your own discussions here. I know the group is somewhat narcissistically named, but that doesn't mean I want to own the place! :-)

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on May 13, 2012 at 12:23am

Ok will do .. After sleep though... Zzz

Permalink Reply by Tony Carroll on May 12, 2012 at 11:57pm

Hey Steph, if you want to start one on pon farr, I do have some opinions, non-canonical, of course, about it.

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on May 13, 2012 at 12:22am

Ok I'll make a pon Farr one .. Do you want it here ? Or in Trekkies? I'll do it first thing in the morning.

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on May 19, 2012 at 10:26am

I got behind sorry. I'll make the Pon Farr Star Trek discussion this weekend sometime.

Permalink Reply by Jonathan Simeone on May 19, 2012 at 5:11am

I wanted to look at this one before commenting on the new one. Without knowing more I'd flip the switch; however, if I had reason to believe that the life of the one was worth more than the lives of the four I might not act. I'll explain more in the new discussion.