Not the first to make an observation like this but: If the trolley is headed towards 2 fucked up conclusions, maybe it's time to reject the lever, jump on said trolley and hit the brakes instead (hexbear.net)

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[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

there's a variant where instead of pulling the lever you can shove a really fat guy in front of it before the switchtrack.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago

Push the fat man

[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, it's harder to push the big guy than pulling the lever, the more visceral interaction makes killing one person harder. If you are a big lad you could jump in front of the trolley yourself I guess.

The point is to think about the moral imperatives and why you would make one decision over another, not to display an inscrutable moral conundrum to first year Phil students, which is what the meme has become.