There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there is a pile of Canon gear tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for it. You are standing some distance off in the train yard, next to a lever. If you pull this lever, the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. Unfortunately, you notice that there is a pile of Nikon gear on the side track. You do not have the ability to operate the lever in a way that would cause the trolley to derail without loss of life (for example, holding the lever in an intermediate position so that the trolley goes between the two sets of tracks, or pulling the lever after the front wheels pass the switch, but before the rear wheels do). You have two options: (1) Do nothing, and the trolley wipes out the Canon gear on the main track. (2) Pull the lever, diverting the trolley onto the side track where it will wipe out the Nikon gear. Which is the correct choice?
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There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there is a pile of Canon gear tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for it. You are standing some distance off in the train yard, next to a lever. If you pull this lever, the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. Unfortunately, you notice that there is a pile of Nikon gear on the side track. You do not have the ability to operate the lever in a way that would cause the trolley to derail without loss of life (for example, holding the lever in an intermediate position so that the trolley goes between the two sets of tracks, or pulling the lever after the front wheels pass the switch, but before the rear wheels do). You have two options: (1) Do nothing, and the trolley wipes out the Canon gear on the main track. (2) Pull the lever, diverting the trolley onto the side track where it will wipe out the Nikon gear. Which is the correct choice?
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