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the point of the trolley problem isn't a numbers game. it's a responsibility game. the single person tied to the alternate track was never in danger, was never going to be in danger, and would have lived if you weren't there. choosing not to pull a lever is choosing to shed responsibility. choosing to pull it makes you directly responsible for that one person's death. could you take that? could you look a family in the eye and tell them that the death of their loved one saved a mere five people, that *you killed someone* for a mere five people? it's not an exchange. it was never an exchange. it has always been about you, holding a lever, with a choice to make, nothing to lose, and six people on the line.
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