In this scenario, the difference in the number of lives potentially lost (five versus one) is not large enough to be attributed to threshold deontology; otherwise, there would be an inconsistency between this conclusion and that of the situation with the fat man. Why is it that in this case, most people would agree that it is morally permissible to turn the trolley onto a side track and kill one person to save the
In this scenario, the difference in the number of lives potentially lost (five versus one) is not large enough to be attributed to threshold deontology; otherwise, there would be an inconsistency between this conclusion and that of the situation with the fat man. Why is it that in this case, most people would agree that it is morally permissible to turn the trolley onto a side track and kill one person to save the