The trolley problem is an ethical thought experiment. In it, a trolley is moving fast down a track towards a switch. There are two tracks beyond this, on which one and five people respectively are tied up. If the trolley is not stopped, it will run over five people, killing them; the switch can divert it onto the second track, with just one person on it.
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