Railway Children
Published by Yazad Jal July 15th, 2003 in Libertarian, StimulantsA group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track. The train came, and you were just beside the track interchange.
You could make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?
Take a pause to think what kind of decision you would make.
(I got this by email. The second part comes tomorrow. I’ve crossposted this on Alter Ego, so please post your comments there too.)