Trolley Problem

Y.K. Goon

I am 11 year-old. I am trapped in a speeding bus, the bus is out of control. The only thing I can do is either to turn the bus or let it go straight. Please help me. [[How can I help?->Begin]]

The bus is about to hit five people if I let it go straight. If I make it turn, the bus will hit one person at the sidewalk. [[Go straight->203c8251]] [[Make it turn->3d98cf2b]]

One person died. You just made me kill one man. Had I done nothing, he would have survived. Why did you advice me to kill him? [[Because one person dying is better than five->30a51eb8]]

I just found out this man was on his way to successfully curing cancer. Had his life been spared, many more lives could have been saved in the future. Because of your advice, I've made the future of mankind worse. [[The bus keeps running->61cc7a78]]

The bus continues to speed ahead. This time one person is in front of the bus. If I let the bus goes straight it will kill one person. If I turn the bus, it will kill five unsuspecting people on the sidewalk. [[Go straight->838291bb]] [[Make it turn->9298af3d]]

As a result of my inaction, I let the bus kill one innocent person when I could've saved him. But why? [[Same reason, one dead is better than five->337396f2]] [[You did not do anything; his death is not your fault->337396f2]]

The bus keeps going. In front the bus is your daughter. Going straight will kill her. If I turn, it will kill five strangers we don't know about. [[Go straight->f2a594f7]] [[Make it turn->e3293f09]]

The bus has hit and killed your child. Your advice is indeed consistent with what you think. But you've paid the price of losing your flesh and blood. Is this worth it? [[Yes, I will do the same again->Start]] [[No it's not worth it->Start]]

Five strangers died but your daughter is alive. What happens to "one dead is better than five"? Apparently when it comes to your own kin, one dead is not better than five. [[Because my daughter is more important to me->4b01538c]]

The bus keeps speeding. Your young son is in front of the bus. Going straight will kill him. If I turn the bus, 32 young children (of your son's age) will be killed. [[Go straight->f2a594f7]] [[Make it turn->d5949503]]

Because of your advice, I ended up killing another 32 children to save another children of yours. Are those 32 children's lives less important than your child's? Are you more than important than the parents of the dead children? [[Sorry I don't know as much as I should->16d046d5]]

But you just said one person dead is better than five. Because I turned the bus, five people died instead of one. Can you be more consistent with your principles? [[Sorry I don't know as much as I should->16d046d5]]

Congratulations. Thank you for owning up to your ignorance. The bus has stopped. [[Start over->Start]]

Five people died. I could have prevented their death but you advised me to do nothing. Their blood is on your hands. [[They were at the wrong place at the wrong time->171dbea5]] [[It's not my responsibility->6e59bac0]]

Turned out all five of them were kidnapped by the one bystander to be killed by the bus. Had I turned the bus, it would have killed the kidnapper and save five innocent people instead. [[The bus keeps going->337396f2]]

It wasn't our responsibility that these five lives were put there. But through my willful inaction, it has resulted in their death. [[The bus keeps going->1fc30726]]

The speeding bus came to a halt. As a result of me not meddling with the bus, the authorities rewarded $10 million. They said I did the right thing by letting the bus ran itself, otherwise the damage could have been worse. Should I accept this reward? [[Yes->e9a72615]] [[No->c43f2d9f]]

I came out of this not having gained or lossed anything. I was at the center of action but instead you've advised me to not apply my agency, to be remain passive to events around me. I could've done something at various points but because of you, I loss all opportunities at affecting outcomes. [[Sorry I don't know as much as I should->16d046d5]]

By accepting this reward, it means I am also responsible for the death of the five killed by the bus because of my inaction. If you said it was my responsibility that they died, how could I accept this money? [[Money is money; I should even have a share of it->ee0a9f99]] [[Sorry I don't know as much as I should->16d046d5]]

Thank you. Today I've learned that as long as the action I take benefits me, it doesn't matter if it hurts others. Even if it ends up hurting you. [[Start over->Start]]