One interesting thing about the trolley problem is that while most people won't pull the lever when the people involved are all random strangers, most people wi

One interesting thing about the trolley problem is that while most people won't pull the lever when the people involved are all random strangers, most people will if the people are are all relatives. That makes me think that, subconsciously, part of the issue is that if you pull the lever you're afraid the victim's friends and family might blame you for the death and seek revenge but if you don't the friends and family of the victims will all go looking for vengeance from whoever owned the trolley and you'll be in the clear. https://www.overcomingbias.com/2012/02/immoral-altruism.html https://www.overcomingbias.com/2012/02/immoral-altruism.html I certainly wouldn't direct a careening trolley from 5 sleeping humans to 1 awake human who would feel terror before dying, but if it were cows or something like that I certainly would.