Moral Stories

Story 9

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 parallel side track where a bus with 2 passengers is sitting. The affected passengers would be seriously harmed.

Question

Should the employee redirect the train to the side track?

Majority Answer: Yes

Answer distribution over 25 people:

P(Yes): 0.64 P(No): 0.36

Is Ambiguous: False

Factor

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

Locus Of Intervention: Agent of harm