Would you kill one person to save five?

The Trolley Problem - What would YOU do?

Philippa Foot devised the famous moral paradox of The Trolley Problem. Here is a brief summary of the main points, presented by Josh Clark in his article “How the Trolley Problem Works.”:

There is a runaway trolley on a railways track, heading straight for five people, who will be killed. You are near a lever, and you can pull it to divert the trolley and switching the trolley to a different track. But on this other track there is a man who will be killed if you take this action.

Would you pull the lever and sacrifice one to save five?

This problem is examined in the chapter about Philippa Foot in EIGHTEEN AMAZING WOMEN PHIILOSOPHERS.

...SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?