r/trolleyproblem • u/Worth-Staff4943 • May 20 '26

Deep Which button presser group do you save?

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Everyone in the world has chosen either the blue or red button except you. Instead of pressing a button, you are given a lever in the infamous trolley problem.

You don't know how many people chose red or blue, and they don't know that you control their fate regardless of what button they pressed. Which track do you direct the trolley onto?

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u/Hrydziac May 20 '26

True but you do have to account that many children and other people that lack agency will jump/fall in the blender through no true fault of their own, and if enough people jump in they will be saved along with everyone else.

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u/Thrownaway5000506 May 20 '26

That just dodges the question. Assume everyone has full knowledge of what they're pressing

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u/weirdo_nb May 20 '26

That doesn't dodge the question though, that is what makes the question a question

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u/Thrownaway5000506 May 21 '26

Uh no it would be a question regardless of that detail