Thread: Moral Dilemmas

On my phone so I can't read through all the pages and answer all the questions like I want to. But in response to the op:

Trolley: Yes. One is less than five, even though I like hikers and think standing on tracks is stupid. But yes.
Bridge: gut reaction is to shove the person. Upon thinking about it more, I'd still say probably but only because I'd be worried about someone questioning why exactly I shoved someone in front of a speeding vehicle.
Doctor: No. But it's not so much about moral qualms or fear of getting accused of murder (though there is obviously some of that), it's because I would be killing a healthy person to save sick people. I don't save the sick people and they don't pass on their genes.

Rather callous but that's my gut response. Naturally I would be inclined to save whoever I felt the best about, but I get what you meant with the questions and won't be all "but you can never really know!" about it.

Originally Posted by NewArtemis

Doctor: No. But it's not so much about moral qualms or fear of getting accused of murder (though there is obviously some of that), it's because I would be killing a healthy person to save sick people. I don't save the sick people and they don't pass on their genes.

It's not like the healthy person is healthy because he is genetically superior or something. Besides, what if the sick people already had kids?

I get that these are your gut reactions, but still....