or simply, pull out a gun and shoot the engine. From there, you can watch the entire city burn to crisps from what you just did.
or flip the lever back and fourth, derailing the train and killing every possible witness. If you kill 5 people, the 1 person will witness it, if you kill 1 person, the 5 will witness that. And even if the 1 or the 5 doesnt witness any of those, any passengers in that train will. So pretty much to eliminate all witnesses derail the train by flipping the lever back and fourth and then all the witnesses would be killed.
eh i might just pull the lever.
Sometimes also misnamed as "the psychopath test", in the mistaken belief that a psychopath (a person without guilt or empathy) is more willing to take personal responsibility for death, and hence more likely to pull the lever. This is false, because such a person typically does not value the lives of either the 5 or the 1, so they have no incentive either way, and are likely to take the path of least effort (ie, not pull the lever)
or simply, pull out a gun and shoot the engine. From there, you can watch the entire city burn to crisps from what you just did.
Sometimes also misnamed as "the psychopath test", in the mistaken belief that a psychopath (a person without guilt or empathy) is more willing to take personal responsibility for death, and hence more likely to pull the lever. This is false, because such a person typically does not value the lives of either the 5 or the 1, so they have no incentive either way, and are likely to take the path of least effort (ie, not pull the lever)