Expand the question to factor that the person struck will die with 100% certainty and you arrive to the same situation of which choice to make. The choice of c

Expand the question to factor that the person struck will die with 100% certainty and you arrive to the same situation of which choice to make. The choice of children vs elderly rarely comes down to value - but rather life. The elderly person has lived their life while the child, potentially, has many more years ahead of them. Humans don't tend to give a value to life other than life itself - and extending life or saving multiple lives over a single life tends to be the popular choice. It would be impossible to judge a persons' "value" or measure it without having information on them prior to the event. See: The Trolley Problem [0] http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/05/would-you-kill-one-person-to-save-five-new-research-on-a-classic-debate/ http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/05/would-you-kill-one-per... [1] http://philpapers.org/archive/BOUWDP http://philpapers.org/archive/BOUWDP