The Footbridge

A runaway trolley is heading toward five trapped workers. You are standing beside a large stranger on a bridge above the track. Pushing the stranger would stop the runaway trolley but would certainly kill them.

• 45% chose: Push the stranger (2844 people)
• 55% chose: Do nothing (3469 people)

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