What if there are no five people on the track but a cat and I just happen to value the cat more than the fat man? Should I push him? If not, what makes that scenario different, i.e. why does it matter if a human life is at stake?
You should save whatever you value more, whether it’s a human, a cat, a loaf of bread (if you’re a kind of being who really really likes bread and/or doesn’t care about human life), or whatever.
What if there are no five people on the track but a cat and I just happen to value the cat more than the fat man? Should I push him? If not, what makes that scenario different, i.e. why does it matter if a human life is at stake?
You should save whatever you value more, whether it’s a human, a cat, a loaf of bread (if you’re a kind of being who really really likes bread and/or doesn’t care about human life), or whatever.