I think the alternate is to not try to be a railroad operator in an emergency when you might make the emergency worse or take on huge liability. If you are a p

I think the alternate is to not try to be a railroad operator in an emergency when you might make the emergency worse or take on huge liability. If you are a professional trolley network controller then you have the judgement and the duty to operate/not operate the lever. I think that few people would question the ethics of a professional operator flipping the switch to save the most people.