>This question - 1 dead vs 5 dead is relatively easy
You certainly seem to think it is. Consider this scenario: 5 asshats go to rob a bank, whilst escaping in the car they smack into another car at an intersection. Both cars turn over, the tanks puncture and spill over the cement. You (a paramedic) arrive on the scene with the ONLY jaws of life. Both the one innocent man and the 5 robbers are having their flesh burned off and screaming. Which one do you rescue first?
I'm ashamed of this post because I think there should be a version of godwins law for 'trolley problems'.
http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem
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>This question - 1 dead vs 5 dead is relatively easy You certainly seem to think it is. Consider this scenario: 5 asshats go to rob a bank, whilst escaping in the car they smack into another car at an intersection. Both cars turn over, the tanks puncture and spill over the cement. You (a paramedic) arrive on the scene with the ONLY jaws of life. Both the one innocent man and the 5 robbers are having their flesh burned off and screaming. Which one do you rescue first? I'm ashamed of this post because I think there should be a version of godwins law for 'trolley problems'. http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem