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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on whether people take the question literally or transpose it to real life. People who take things literally always pull the lever. People who transpose this to read life will not, because anything might happen. They will argue that they cannot act, and risk killing someone, because in that case they would be directly responsible for the death. They might prefer not to act, in the hope that some twist of fate will save the 5 people; in which case the one death would not have been necessary. And if the 5 people die, it will be a result of inaction, not action, which is psychologically less damaging to the bystander. [/quote] This illustrates the false dichotomy of the question.[/quote]
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