The overt reason for pushing a fat man is that it’s the way to only kill one person while mustering sufficient weight to stop the trolley. It seems plausible that what’s intended is a very fat man, or you could just specify large person.
Two football players seems like a way of specifying a substantial amount of weight while involving few people.
Fat people are OK but you have a problem with football players?
There are an awful lot of people who are interested in decision problems who might just say “push ’em” as group-affiliation humor!
The overt reason for pushing a fat man is that it’s the way to only kill one person while mustering sufficient weight to stop the trolley. It seems plausible that what’s intended is a very fat man, or you could just specify large person.
Two football players seems like a way of specifying a substantial amount of weight while involving few people.