07-03-2011, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie
Tapu - I am a literalist. I never read between the lines. One of which I am trying to change.
"A train is coming down the tracks and will hit 5 people and kill them - unless a bystander - who is standing next to a switch that would move the train to another track - decides to flip this switch. If s/he does this, only one person would be killed. Should the bystander flip the switch?"
Nowhere did I read in this context, there were six people on the tracks. I read - five people on the tracks and one bystander who was not on the tracks. Equals Six People.
Therefore, my assumption is based on the calculation of people the OP stated in her question. Six People including the Bystander. Five Dead or One Dead. Which leaves Four Survivors.
Julie
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Sorry for my badly worded question. There are 5 on one track and 1 on the other.
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