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60% of people would run over a homeless guy instead of a pair of animals

by CodeCrusader on 11/11/23, 2:10 PM with 4 comments

I created a bunch of dilemmas on trolleyproblem.io, several thousand people have tried them over the past few months, and I was quite surprised by some of the results, it turned out that 60% of people would kill a homeless guy instead of a dog with a cat. What would you choose?
  • by auditor_3d on 11/11/23, 2:28 PM

    whether anyone likes it or not, I would bet the reasoning they would choose the person, is that the homeless guy has the ability to understand that he shouldn't be on a railroad track in the first place, where the animals don't understand the mistake being made. The homeless guy should "know better"
  • by navjack27 on 11/11/23, 2:55 PM

    Simple. Save the human. Run over animals.