I didn't read the study but whenever you ask these questions, you'd also need to account for the legal implications. I doubt any court in any country would say

I didn't read the study but whenever you ask these questions, you'd also need to account for the legal implications. I doubt any court in any country would say "You did the right thing" flipping the switch or pushing that person off the bridge. IOW, you're likelihood for ending up in prison for a good amount of time is much higher. Furthermore, it's entirely possible that we are even conditioned to say it's wrong to flip the switch because that's how the laws are. An interesting discussion about this problem and its legal implications is [0] - a dozen or so pages but it will make you think for days about it (read the PDF and not only the wikipedia article) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_of_the_Speluncean_Explorers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_of_the_Speluncean_Exp...