How Morality Changes in a Foreign Language
That trolley problem has always seemed fundamentally dishonest to me. It sets out to present two scenarios that are somehow morally equivalent, but they&#x27;re only equivalent for for people who magically know the outcomes of their actions.<p>That is, &quot;would you push a fat guy in front of a trolley if you knew it would save five lives?&quot; isn&#x27;t a question that&#x27;s relevant to human ethics. It would need to be &quot;would you push a fat in front of a trolley <i>because you thought</i> it would save five lives&quot; - and, implicitly, then bear the responsibility for your action if you were wrong?