Interesting philosophical question :)

[Lrimas]

(01-22-2013 08:00 AM)Wildtalon1851 Wrote:  No Lrimas it is, by making the train run left you are still killing someone: just like if you run over someone with a car, you're not touching them but you still killed.
Oh, and, in the actual question, the man is fat. Only he is fat enough to stop the train. So it's still the same choices.

Hmmm, you are right, it both feels wrong to me. Don't you think it's more a question of realism? I can easily imagine the "pull the lever" to have the desired effect, while throwing the fat man over (a pretty "big" task) might not be achievable, and even if it is, it might not have the desired affect?