Quote Originally Posted by Lord Raziere View Post
the only way to be truly good in such a case is to prevent the situation from arising at all by making sure no one is ever tied to the tracks in the first place. and the trolley problem does not posit you having the time to be informed that someone could do that so you can take steps to prevent it. and not everything can be foreseen. is the only being truly capable of being good in your eyes, someone omniscient then? at what point do you forgive someone for not being freaking god?
The situation described was one in which one person is regularly slaughtered to spare several people. If something is happening regularly, you are a lot closer to the Omelas situation Quertus described.