Yeah, it's harder to push the big guy than pulling the lever, the more visceral interaction makes killing one person harder. If you are a big lad you could jump in front of the trolley yourself I guess.
The point is to think about the moral imperatives and why you would make one decision over another, not to display an inscrutable moral conundrum to first year Phil students, which is what the meme has become.
there's a variant where instead of pulling the lever you can shove a really fat guy in front of it before the switchtrack.
Push the fat man
Yeah, it's harder to push the big guy than pulling the lever, the more visceral interaction makes killing one person harder. If you are a big lad you could jump in front of the trolley yourself I guess.
The point is to think about the moral imperatives and why you would make one decision over another, not to display an inscrutable moral conundrum to first year Phil students, which is what the meme has become.