> So I guess the problem is that I’m not convinced that the thought experiment generates objectively ethical outcomes, only subjective ones. But that's also li

> So I guess the problem is that I’m not convinced that the thought experiment generates objectively ethical outcomes, only subjective ones. But that's also literally what it's supposed to do. It's a device to poke around and figure out your positions, e.g. are you into consequentialism or do you prefer deontology, are there circumstances that can change your position etc. I often find people (not you, people in general) rejecting thought experiments, because they are not comfortable with their intuitive decisions and they feel that it will be exposed when they're forced to apply it to a hypothetical situation that does not leave them an easy out ("this wouldn't happen, I don't walk near train tracks, ever").