Well, this is also what consequentialists talking about trolley problems sound like.
Disagreed. The correct consequentialist answer to a real-life trolley problem is to Take a Third Option and not sacrifice any lives, every time. If you find yourself stuck in a perverse situation, then yes, you pull the lever, not because it’s a good thing and you’re being brave, but because it’s the least-bad thing available in your perverse situation invented by philosophers who like perverse situations.
Disagreed. The correct consequentialist answer to a real-life trolley problem is to Take a Third Option and not sacrifice any lives, every time. If you find yourself stuck in a perverse situation, then yes, you pull the lever, not because it’s a good thing and you’re being brave, but because it’s the least-bad thing available in your perverse situation invented by philosophers who like perverse situations.