The fat man variant itself has always seemed invalid to me, because in the real world you could not be sure that pushing the fat man would actually stop the trolley, but you could be more confident that he would be killed either way, so it’s logical not to push him. In the scenario described here, you’d be even less confident that your “public accident” would have the desired effect.
The fat man variant itself has always seemed invalid to me, because in the real world you could not be sure that pushing the fat man would actually stop the trolley, but you could be more confident that he would be killed either way, so it’s logical not to push him. In the scenario described here, you’d be even less confident that your “public accident” would have the desired effect.