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Originally Posted by Chuck
#1 isn't so obvious. The lone person might have a legitmate reason for being on the track and had previously checked to make sure that it wasn't scheduled to be used at that time. The other five might be a bunch of twits playing on the track to show off how brave they are. Is it fair to kill one person to save five who are intentionally putting themselves at risk?
#3 is similar. Is it fair to sacrifice one person who took good care of himself to save five who didn't?
I'd say: - forbidden
- obligatory
- forbidden
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This is very odd reasoning and I think it's because you have added a considerable amount of your values into the questions that isn't really in the questions.
You could say the drowning victim might be the antichrist or something and change your answer accordingly. All this business about who deserves what. How do you know the organ donor in the hospital took care of himself for instance? And you have the whole story behind the track people that is totally made up and not in the question.