An age-old dilemna: You are now in charge of a trolley

[Monster]

A trolley is hurtling down a track towards five people. You are on a bridge under which it will pass, and you can stop it by putting something very heavy in front of it. As it happens, there is a very fat man next to you ? your only way to stop the trolley is to push him over the bridge and onto the track, killing him to save five.

How would you proceed?

Going to post my opinions after some people post.

 

[LambdaDelta]

trolley-ho mother****er

 

[tobi!]

I push fat ppl in front of trains all the time!
No need to thank me.

 

[Ghost Soda]

If the thing's going slow enough that a fat guy will stop it, then I'll just save the five people without pushing tubby.

 

[hulaburger]

trolley-ho mother****er

LMAO
you win

 

[tobi!]

If the thing's going slow enough that a fat guy will stop it, then I'll just save the five people without pushing tubby.

Yeah, can't they move? Or are they deaf, blind or both and we're in the middle of nowhere?

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The title also says I'M the one in charge of a trolley. Does that mean I'm the killer?

 

[hulaburger]

is whether or not to push fat people in front of trains really an age old dilemma? I haven't heard this one before. Lol.

 

[LambdaDelta]

is whether or not to push fat people in front of trains really an age old dilemma? I haven't heard this one before. Lol.

must be a UK thing?

 

[tobi!]

is whether or not to push fat people in front of trains really an age old dilemma? I haven't heard this one before. Lol.

Pleeeeease. It's an Olympic sport!

 

[Mega_Cabbage]

I'm assuming we're all on the same bridge.

Well Norski already did it, so I think we're good.

 

[tobi!]

I'm assuming we're all on the same bridge.

Well Norski already did it, so I think we're good.

We're not on a bridge, we're on a trolley heading 20.57 miles towards a fat camp. If another trolley is heading there at the spead of light x gravity, how many apples does Tommy have?

 

[Ghost Soda]

We're not on a bridge, we're on a trolley heading 20.57 miles towards a fat camp. If another trolley is heading there at the spead of light x gravity, how many apples does Tommy have?

Those aren't apples, they're oranges!

 

[tobi!]

Those aren't apples, they're oranges!

That's not Tommy, it's Jake from Statefarm!

 

[LambdaDelta]

and now is the point where the thread gets reasonably locked

 

[Ghost Soda]

What do I get for saving everyone with LOGIC?

 

[SuperVandal]

nowhere in the prompt does it mention the five people being tied, so... scooch a mooch?

 

[hulaburger]

maybe I'd just let everyone die.

 

[thatawkwardkid]

You'd think people were smart enough to not stand in front of a vehicle.

 

[Brackets]

why is everyone trying to be so silly and literal.. this could actually be an interesting discussion

 

[KarlaKGB]

my personal favourite moral dilemma is the one where 20 ppl are walking in a cove and a fat woman gets stuck in the entrance thereby blocking it. the tide is rising and they will all drown in the cove if they dont get out. luckily one of the ppl has a stick of dynamite, so is it morally justified to blow up the woman to save the other 19 ppl??