You are adrift in a life raft after your cruise ship has
sunk. There are too many survivors for the lifte rafts, and yours
is dangerously overloaded. The raft is certain to sink, and even
with the life vests on, all the passengers are sure to die because
of the frigid temperature of the water. One person on the boat is
awake and alert but gravely ill and will not survive the journey no
matter what. Throwing that person overboard would prevent the raft
from sinking. Could you be the one who tosses the person
out?
I will Throw the sick man off the rafts, give him a small prayer
and when reached land, surrender to the authority.
It's wartime, and you're hiding in a basement with your
baby and a group of other people. Enemy soldiers are outside and
will be drawn to any sound. If you're found, you will all be killed
immediately. Your baby starts to cry loudly and cannot be stopped.
Smothering him to death is the only way to silence him and save the
lives of everyone in the room. Could you do so? Assume the baby is
not yours, the parents are unknown and there will be no penalty for
killing him. Could you be the one who smothers this baby if no one
else would?
I will give my breast milk to the baby, hope the baby keep quiet.
More better if it is a baby boy, he will sure like it and remain
calm.
A runaway trolley is heading down the tracks toward five
workmen who can't be warned in time. You are standing near a switch
that would divert the trolley onto a siding, but there is a single
unsuspecting workman there. Would you throw the switch, killing one
to save five? Suppose the workman was on a bridge with you and you
could save the men only by pushing him onto the tracks? (He's large
enough to stop the train; you're not.) Suppose you could throw a
switch dropping him through a trapdoor-thus not physically pushing
him?
Given no option, I will push this large man down the track follow
by me myself to ensure that 5 men go home safety to be with their
wives and childrens.