A Villain Meets the Saintly System

A train was moving along the tracks. Four children were playing up ahead.

If the train continued on its current course, it would hit and kill all four children.

On an abandoned track to the right, a child was standing and playing with pebbles.

Just then, the scene froze, and two choices appeared.

Left or right.

They represented whether to send the train to the left or to the right.

Going left meant staying on course and killing four people.

Going right meant changing tracks to save them, but killing just one person.

What would you choose?

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