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alexandra_k said:
Most people think that you should do something

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> But it's not in whether one should do something; one is doing something in both instances; killing the six by deciding to do nothing. That's an action, that decision. So what one does isn't as important to me as the humanity behind it. In the first case it's lesser of two evils; if there was a third choice where I could stop the train by killing myself, the "driver" I'd do that.

The second case is "playing god" by killing someone who could live as a sacrifice for others. I only get to sacrifice myself, not others. If I'm forced to sacrifice others, like in the first case, I'm going to sacrifice the least number.