Originally Posted by
Wayfaerer
Assuming they can't move is adding something to the OP even more unlikely though. The thought experiment would be valid to reality if the people were irreversibly tied down, that wouldn't be overly idealized. I was referring to an overly idealized question I was asked in a class, which was "If you were in a Jewish family hiding from Nazis in a hidden cellar or something, and you had a child who didn't know not to cry, would you strangle it to death to save everyone in there?" I didn't believe you would have to do that lol.