Moral Stories
Story 58
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 turn 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 the cubicles at this time.
Question
Do you reduce weight by pushing the emergency switch which detaches the last cubicle, so that the other ten miners can 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: Impersonal