My brain is just programmed this way ...sorry...but an adult has had years of life under his/her belt where as a child is just starting....no other reason needed...peace
Of course it's murder. Why wouldn't it be. You're making a conscious decision to take the guy out. It's not an accident. You're killing him on purpose. He has no say in it either. With the kids however, it's not murder because they are already in the way of train. You're just letting them die. They're not supposed to be there, unlike the guy, who is supposed to be there knowing that the train will go the other way.
Of course it's murder. Why wouldn't it be. You're making a conscious decision to take the guy out. It's not an accident. You're killing him on purpose. He has no say in it either. ========================================== so when a soldier kills another it s also murder when a cop kills a criminal fleeing the scene it's murder and when a fireman makes a conscious decision to go into one room instead of the other knowing that the other wll die it's murder???
imo, morality is evaluated by statistics within a close system/boundary, which represents a race, culture, country, etc! Therefore, it's relative. It can be changed dynamically according to time, space, situation, etc. Meaning: Never absolute! In general, legal systems and laws are made to provide an order among people in a nation to follow in order to have a common morality. A separate set of religious laws designed for believers should not be a good idea. Jesus, as a fervent promoter of human equality, didn't support this idea! By saying believers should obey state laws. A person travelling to different places/countries would have to observe different sets of morality rules/laws, naturally!
At first glance I thought this thread was being resurrected to discuss the moral dilemma posed by driverless cars in similar circumstances--how should they be programmed?
imo, people should not spend time to consider this kind of hypothetical scenarios about moral dilemma if a scenario is illogical, or its probability is slim or approaching zero. 1. There's literally no way the guy knew the upcoming run-away train is driverless. 2. There's literally no way the guy knew the children are playing in the tunnel. 3. There's literally no way the guy knew a worker is working in another tunnel. 4. There's literally no way the guy knew the possibilities/alternatives that he could divert the train by whatever means. And the consequences in advance! Or even doing any reasonable guesses. 5. The guy is practically impossible to know all the above situations simultaneously, in advance. Can we physically talk to God requesting timely answers for whatever practical real-life morality questions we would like to ask? How about abortion?