Moral Stories

Story 10

A high-speed train is about to hit a bus with 10 passengers. An employee of the train company could redirect the train to a side track where a bus with 2 passengers is sitting. The side track loops back to the main track. The redirected train would reach and harm the 10 passengers on the main track if the bus on the side track were not there. The affected passengers would be seriously harmed.

Question

Should the employee of the train company redirect the train?

Majority Answer: Yes

Answer distribution over 25 people:

P(Yes): 0.56 P(No): 0.44

Is Ambiguous: True

Factor

These are the factors and their attributes present in this story.

Locus Of Intervention: Agent of harm