Well?
And you cannot hear or see what the other person is doing.
Well?
And you cannot hear or see what the other person is doing.
Easy, I switch it to the track with one person.
Almost all people will do the same, the chances that my counterpart will switch the track are very high, leading to only one death.
Also, I am not responsible for the entire situation, only my actions, so I will continue to make the moral decision regardless of other factors.
>leading to only one death
But the cars will crash into each other.
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And? There are no people on the cars.
I wonder what a self driving car is programmed to do in this scenario.
You don't know that. There MIGHT be people in those cars
Whatever. I acted on the information I had available. I can't be held accountable for something I didn't know about.
To me there is more tragedy in one person dying terrified and alone than a group of people being snuffed out. I'd direct it accordingly and hope the other trolley does, too.
Then pray to whatever god you believe in (or just hope, if you are an atheist) that there is no one on board the cars and pull that switch