a. yes, though I'd be tormented about killing that one person
b. I guess the difference is that in a, everyone died the same way - you're only changing the number of equally painful deaths. But pushing someone off SEEMS like a worse death. Plus, there's the obvious pushing a button vs. pushing a person distinction, the latter of which seems much more insidious.
Plus in b, you're discriminating against fat people. Sort of.
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Date: 2006-07-31 09:45 am (UTC)b. I guess the difference is that in a, everyone died the same way - you're only changing the number of equally painful deaths. But pushing someone off SEEMS like a worse death. Plus, there's the obvious pushing a button vs. pushing a person distinction, the latter of which seems much more insidious.
Plus in b, you're discriminating against fat people. Sort of.