secondarily we have no idea who those people are. suppose the 1 guy will invent a cure for AIDS and the 5 guys are members of your personally most reviled outgroup and they're child rapists to boot.
the variant where subjectivity vis a vis empathy is introduced to the problem tries to address. "suppose the 1 person is your <emotionally resonant class>", do you still pull the lever?
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but it's still shit. except in the meta-sense that the self deconstructing problem is useful for building critical thinking skills. I just think this particular problem deconstructs too readily. it's a sweater with a loose thread hanging out.
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ah, well, words are hard.
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