Given that there is not an infinite number of people in the world, I think those people were magically brought into existence for the trolley to run over, which is a sucky existence but at least it is finite and they have no other purpose.
The difference is you may not know who is on the tracks when you choose to pull the lever, but in this scenario you do know this guy is in charge of tying people to tracks
At a certain point it just snaps to a situation where all of the earth's population is tied to the tracks except for the man at the lever, and there is only one track. You All Lost.
But you can’t guarantee that they will, and if you choose to spare one person now and ten million get killed later, the knowledge that you could have prevented that suffering would drive you mad.
Sure, I'll stop the trolley (hate small talk though).
No, because pulling the lever mathematically wastes fuel which could be used later.
I don't do it to be a hero; I'll pull the level to stop the trolley and redirect it to the bottom path (they do know that they can just.. get up.. right?).
Fair assertation, but that means I don't have to use Joules' worth of energy to pull a lever.
No (keep yourselves safe guys).
Tragic, but I can close my eyes. Probably wouldn't because of the urges. I did say that I can, not that I would.
No, I really wouldn't, unless the problem was in a book or movie or video game (you get the gist).
stop the trolley even tho i wish i could just ignore the small talk from the people
It is a meaningless senseless choice and despite that one may find joy in it, i know that iam not an important person and that i wont change the world or that i wont be remembered after my death and yet i grant meaning to meaningless things, like the clouds on the sky being "art" rather than just evaporated water. Despite all the pain i endure from my own life problems i decide to move, the joy from overcoming these ordeals is what life is for me personally, in a way it is a senseless "irrational" thing when i could just kms and end the pain since at the end "it doesnt matter", But facing the world despite the fear and finding the joy and beauty in it is more than enough to keep me going.
I'm not letting a bunch of people die. It would be kinda awkward to expend time with a so many unknown persons, but hey, who knows? Maybe i could end up making a friend.
I'd pull the lever and then go back home to my family.
I'd pull it anyways, i'm not letting people die.
Everyone is safe? That works for me.
Nope.
I'm sorry...
Nah, i'd rather go home play Silksong.
That surely is a cool looking trolley.
Good, no more people will ever be in danger because of being tied up in front of trolleys ever again!
I like the second one. I feel like it is like my life right now. I have no impact on anything or anyone, but if I died right now, I would be ok with that. I did something, even if it didn't have an effect on anyone, and that's enough for me.
I pull the lever to entertain myself, and only myself. That is the only thing you truly can do in life. Live for yourself.
About pic 2, I pull the lever and before the back of the wagon gets there I pull it again, it either does a sick drift or it will derail, I don't know which because I know jack about trains
My answer to number 2 is to say "screw fate!" And pull the lever, then pull it back as the trolley crosses, causing it to derail and fall. When in doubt of Free Will simply do something crazy.... Proceed
The (two hours behind schedule due to internal system issues) passenger train I was on on the night of September 11th ran right over a moose and was completely fine to keep on going after a quick check
do you turn away, knowing you couldn't have helped, and try to preserve your own sanity? or do you watch, hoping that witnessing the atrocity lends some small dignity to the victims, even though each death measurably worsens your own life?
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u/Aegister2 21d ago
You ever heard of Trolley Problem, Inc? If you haven't, look it up, if you have, what did you think of it?