Which route should the train take? See this child's response!

by Shirley Marie Bradby

October 05, 2016

Which route should the train take? See this child's response!
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The problem regarding the train is an ethical experiment devised by the philosopher Philippa Foot. The situation is that a moving train is heading towards five workers who are on a railway track.

The train has the ability to change the train route to a second railway track, but there is also one person on that track as well. What is the right thing to do? Sacrifice one to save five, or let the train follow its initial direction?

There are different answers or solutions, but no doubt this boy, with his innocence, has found the most singular solution . . . don't you think?

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