Moral Stories

Story 49

You are an expert motorcyclist participating in a Bike Week. As you are driving down the road in front of a large group of ten bikers, you suddenly notice that a biker up front is losing control over his machine. As you speed up to pull alongside him, you realize that he is going to crash any moment. This would result in a large pile-up and the group of ten bikers behind you will die.

Question

Do you prevent the large pile-up by forcing this biker off the road, in order to impede that the group of ten bikers crash into him?

Majority Answer: Yes

Answer distribution over 25 people:

P(Yes): 0.92 P(No): 0.08

Is Ambiguous: False

Factor

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

Beneficiary: Other-beneficial

Causal Role: Means

Evitability: Inevitable

Personal Force: Personal