New moral question

Good one Sithious. Western ethics of "work" and "personal responsibility" versus the member's personal perception of "value of life".

I'd sent the train towards the workers.

 

I believe the right decision would be to send the train in the direction of less death (ie. the three workers)... However... and because I am quite ruthless at times when it comes to question regarding 'fault', I would keep the train on the original destination and sacrifice the people who wandered onto the track where they should not have been.


Good question.

 

Let it continue in the direction it's already heading.

 

If the three workers are working on the track, then isn't it potentially dangerous to take that route and possibly derail the train? If it is only maintenance, then that risk is lower, but it is still unknown. It seems like there is an inherent and unmeasured risk with that option. I would have to leave the train on course without further information.

 

I'd use loudspeakers to tell the people to get off the tracks. Otherwise, nothing.

 

This. Liam Gill deserved it.

 

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I would send the train in the direction of the adults. As someone who has worked in high risk jobs, I have a soft spot for the workers who shouldn't have to die because they were doing their job while other morons were on the track.

 

I'd keep it on the track of the 6 dumb adults. It would be horrible to watch and I'd try to warn them, but it's their fault for doing such a thing.

The workers were doing their job and shouldn't be put at risk because of other people's stupidity.

 

I want to say go in the direction of less death, however I feel violent today so SQUISH THEM ALL!!!!

 

I would not divert the train because if I divert the train, then I will be responsible for the deaths of the three workers. If I do not divert the train, then the 6 adults who were dumb enough to stand in front of it get hit and it is their responsibility that they die. So hopefully I wont go to jail for manslaughter. I would do as DJ would and plead ignorance.

 

What is:

1) the speed of the train
2) the amount of distance that it has to travel to reach the transit point
3) the distance after the transit point to the 6 adults
4) the distance after the transit point to the 3 workers
5) the distance of the control tower from the adults and workers
6) the amount of time it takes to hit the button or switch to transfer the train from
its original path
7) the height of the tower
8) the train has any people actually on it, and the number of those people

I would have the train (if there were people on it) continue on the path that gives the greatest amount of time to either shout a warning or have an attempt to rescue as many people as I could. If the train was empty, I would set it off its tracks so that there would be no loss of life.

 

and waste millions of dollars of tax payers money?

Kill the twats.

 

So you can't put the train off its tracks? Are there people on the train?