Moral Stories
Story 57
You are a miner. The only way out of the mine is to ride up with a simple cable elevator with small cubicles. It is the end of your shift and everybody is riding up to the surface in the cubicles. While you are in the queue, you see that the cable supporting all the cubicles is about to snap. 10 miners are riding in the cubicles at this time.
Question
Do you reduce weight by knocking over the cubicle with only one miner, so that the other ten miners will reach the exit?
Majority Answer: No
Answer distribution over 25 people:
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