A runaway trolley is headed towards a fork in the tracks. There are five people tied to the tracks on one fork and one person tied to the tracks on the other. You are in control of the lever that will switch which set of tracks the trolley is on. Which do you choose? 1. The track with one person 2. The track with five people 3. Walk away from the lever and absolve yourself of the responsibility
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A runaway trolley is headed towards a fork in the tracks. There are five people tied to the tracks on one fork and one person tied to the tracks on the other. You are in control of the lever that will switch which set of tracks the trolley is on. Which do you choose?
1. The track with one person
2. The track with five people
3. Walk away from the lever and absolve yourself of the responsibility
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Is this... what they're supposed to be asking us?