If One Person Would Result In The Death By Trolley

In the death by trolley, a train is about to hit five people and you control the lever, and thus you have to decide between two choices. Your first choice is to leave the lever and let the train hit the five people, while the second is to move the lever resulting in the death of one person. It is hard to choose in the trolley dilemma problem since both options result in death. However, if I would have to make the decision, I would switch the lever. Switching the lever would cause fewer deaths. As a result of this, more people would be content and I would feel less guilty of my decision. Yet, I might change my mind based on who the people are. If the one person was related to me, or the five people were infamous I would select the option of leaving the lever.
We humans are social; we live in groups, families, and we need each other to survive. Therefore, the same thing would occur in the death by trolley. I would choose to move the lever because I want to do something to save their lives. In addition, the death of one is less remorse than the death of five. Although, it is hard to sacrifice someone’s life to save others, this decision must be made in order to save the majority. For example, if I have a certain amount of money that I am willing to donate, I would give it to an organization instead of a single homeless person on the street. I would assume that giving money to an organization would save more people and so would pulling the lever. Furthermore, their families, friends would appreciate it, and this would make the public less exasperated at me. I think that my decision of moving the lever would satisfy the