The trolley problem

[LimaDelta]

You know the one. The trolley is out of control. You are standing at a set of points. If you switch the points, the bus will hit and kill one person. If you do nothing, it will hit and kill a group of people.

[BrokenSkunk]

LimaDelta said:

You know the one. The trolley is out of control. You are standing at a set of points. If you switch the points, the bus will hit and kill one person. If you do nothing, it will hit and kill a group of people.

Anyone else thoroughly confused, or is it just me?

[LimaDelta]

Genuinely surprised there are people unaware of this, but for anyone who hasn't heard of it - link here

[dundarach]

Key theme in Tom Stoppard's Darkside - Play set to Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z06tu58oePA&t=...

[Richard-390a0]

First of all have I had the appropriate H&S training, PPE equipment etc to be qualified to operate the lever?.

[thebraketester]

How old are they?

[Olivera]

We call them trams in the UK.

[LimaDelta]

Olivera said:

We call them trams in the UK.

Thanks, but I'm not in the UK :P

[boyse7en]

LimaDelta said:

Olivera said:

We call them trams in the UK.

Thanks, but I'm not in the UK :P

Trams rights matter

[bristolbaron]

[BrokenSkunk]

Richard-390a0 said:

First of all have I had the appropriate H&S training, PPE equipment etc to be qualified to operate the lever?.

Hold on a minute there, now there's a Lever? This one or his brother?

[Striple]

I've seen a version of this where you know the person standing on the line and not know the group and vice versa. makes you think

[LimaDelta]

Striple said:

I've seen a version of this where you know the person standing on the line and not know the group and vice versa. makes you think

There are a few variations. A relative/friend in either group. Hitler in the group, etc.

[Timothy Bucktu]

BrokenSkunk said:

LimaDelta said:

You know the one. The trolley is out of control. You are standing at a set of points. If you switch the points, the bus will hit and kill one person. If you do nothing, it will hit and kill a group of people.

Anyone else thoroughly confused, or is it just me?

Good work

[shih tzu faced]

Main thing is to make sure someone is filming the carnage on their phone (in landscape).

[Digger]

Aren't you supposed to shout at everyone & tell them to get off the bloody tracks . . . oh I suppose they are all deaf as well for this scenario?

[s1962a]

i've seen this scenario before with an out of control Asda trolley making it's way toward unsuspecting shoppers. What didn't help was the child riding on the side of the trolley, probably not helping it's maneuverability.

[AW111]

BrokenSkunk said:

Anyone else thoroughly confused, or is it just me?

Select all images of trolleys to prove you're not a robot. Did you just fail?

[kambites]

LimaDelta said:

Olivera said:

We call them trams in the UK.

Thanks, but I'm not in the UK :P

Yeah but most of us are, which is why no-one understood what you were talking about.

[LimaDelta]

kambites said:

LimaDelta said:

Olivera said:

We call them trams in the UK.

Thanks, but I'm not in the UK :P

Yeah but most of us are, which is why no-one understood what you were talking about.

I really don't believe the semantics are the key take away in the ethical dilemma.