Thread: Moral choices
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Old 08-08-2007, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by TonyB06 View Post
Situation 2 is much easier to handle. You don't push the man. If you can determine that a single life can save the people, why would you push the guy and not, instead, jump yourself and save the people? ...I guess it's easy to be selfless when someone else would be doing the dyin'.
What if you're 100 lbs soaking wet, and wouldn't stop the train?

I personally don't have that problem, but just sayin'.
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