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Ethics
Five lives or one?
A runaway trolley will kill five people. You can switch it onto a track where it will kill one. Do you pull the lever—and would your answer change if you had to push that person instead?
A classic test of whether saving more lives can justify making one person the means. Explain the difference you think matters.
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