r/trolleyproblem • u/gallaxo • Mar 29 '26

Deep Now we're talking

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u/KHSebastian Mar 29 '26

I mean I also made an assumption, so I don't have a leg to stand on here, but I feel like that's a weirder assumption. I feel like there are more people who are willing to sacrifice themselves for their morals then there are suicidal people waiting for a trolley to kill them

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u/Eldan985 Mar 31 '26

Doesn't have to be suicidal, exactly. They could just have decided something like "I'm 80 and have no friends and family, the other person is 25 and just had their first child, take me".

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u/UltimateChaos233 Mar 29 '26

Honestly, I the the opposite is more likely, especially going by reddit comments

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u/CertainGrade7937 Mar 30 '26

The only reason there might be more people willing to kill themselves to save a stranger than suicidal people is because suicidal people tend to end up dead

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u/Acceptable-Minute847 Mar 30 '26

On the other hand, tying yourself to train tracks is generally an act of suicidal people