That is an interesting twist
Posted on: October 31, 2023 at 22:17:36 CT
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on the classic test for psychopathy and the runaway train/trolley. Do you flip the switch to save 5 people but kill another single person in the process? Or do you let the 5 people die? Or to make it more personal, do you push an overweight person on the tracks to derail the train and save the 5 people (no switch to flip on this scenario, that is the only option to save the 5 people). Most people would flip the switch (impersonal decision), but would have a problem actively pushing a person to their death.
Your question is more like the second scenario, but you made it more complicated by saving your own family. Most people, me included, would push the button and not give it a second thought.
There are very interesting studies on this very topic.