The scenario is that there is a 'runaway train' that is heading towards a fork in the track.
On one side of the track there are five people tied to the track.
On the other side there is only one.
Without your intervention, the train would continue along the former line, killing all five people.
You have the ability to switch the points so that the train travels along the latter line of the fork, killing only the one person.
For the sake of this argument, the following points are assumed to be true:
-You do not know any of the people tied to the tracks.
-They are all considered to be of equal importance to each other.
-The people tied to each line are unable to escape and will be killed.
-One cannot stop the train.
-You are the only person who has the ability to change the points.
what would you do?
