I’ll take two broader examples then- “Broad Trolley cases”, cases where people can avert a harm only at the cost of triggering a lesser harm but do not directly cause it, and “Broad Fat Man Cases”, which are the same except such a harm is directly caused.
As a general rule, although humans can be swayed to act in Broad Fat Man cases they cannot help but feel bad about it- much less so in Broad Trolley cases. Admittedly this is a case in which humans are inconsistent with themselves if I remember correctly as they can be made to cause such a harm under pressure, but practically none consider it the moral thing to do and most regret it afterwards- the same as near-mode defections from group interests of a selfish nature.
I’ll take two broader examples then- “Broad Trolley cases”, cases where people can avert a harm only at the cost of triggering a lesser harm but do not directly cause it, and “Broad Fat Man Cases”, which are the same except such a harm is directly caused.
As a general rule, although humans can be swayed to act in Broad Fat Man cases they cannot help but feel bad about it- much less so in Broad Trolley cases. Admittedly this is a case in which humans are inconsistent with themselves if I remember correctly as they can be made to cause such a harm under pressure, but practically none consider it the moral thing to do and most regret it afterwards- the same as near-mode defections from group interests of a selfish nature.