Results: More Moral Dilemmas To Make You Think
Published on 11/20/2013
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A trolley is running out of control down a track. In its path are five people who have been tied to the track by a evil terrorist. Fortunately, you could flip a switch, which will lead the trolley down a different track to safety. Unfortunately, there is a single person tied to that track. Should you flip the switch or do nothing? Flip the switch--better to save five people than only one
38%
725 votes
Leave things the way they are--who are you to play God?
9%
179 votes
Undecided
30%
579 votes
I prefer not to answer
20%
389 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
43 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| na | 0.10% | 2 |
| unacceptable--i would look for another option | 0.05% | 1 |
| matters who are on the tracks. | 0.05% | 1 |
| what kind of question is this | 0.05% | 1 |
| walk away to avoid a lawsuit | 0.05% | 1 |
| give me a break | 0.05% | 1 |
| if i knew any of the people i would pick that track to switch from | 0.05% | 1 |
| flip the switch and save the other person. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't care about hypothetical situations | 0.05% | 1 |
| flip the switch and try to save the other person | 0.05% | 1 |
| jump in the trolley and stop it like batman would. | 0.05% | 1 |
| stop the trolley | 0.05% | 1 |
| since you did not say how long i had i would flip the switch and save the other person. | 0.05% | 1 |
| if its out of control, flipping the switch may jolt the trolley to it's side and off track. worth the chance | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't know! | 0.05% | 1 |
| flip the switch then try to stop the trolley on the different track | 0.05% | 1 |
| flip the switch for the one with 5 people, and either scream for someone to untie the other person or try to speed and do it myself | 0.05% | 1 |
| just let go who will survive | 0.05% | 1 |
| try to save all | 0.05% | 1 |
| avoid modal logic by an appeal to pascal's wager | 0.05% | 1 |
| try to safe the one person on the track | 0.05% | 1 |
| do everything in my power to save them all. | 0.05% | 1 |
| flip it half way open. hope it derails. | 0.05% | 1 |
| untie the other person | 0.05% | 1 |
| flip the switch and try to save the one person tied to the track. | 0.05% | 1 |
| find a way to save everyone. | 0.05% | 1 |
| need to just stop the trolley!!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| flip the switch and try to help the one preson get free. | 0.05% | 1 |
| not enough information. | 0.05% | 1 |
| give the switch to someone else. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would flip the switch and try to jump in the trolley to apply the brakes to save the single person. now, if the five people were a bunch of douche bags and the single person was amazing and contributes positive things to society, i would leave it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| do your best to save every one | 0.05% | 1 |
| i'd call out for superman! | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't do what ifs?? | 0.05% | 1 |
| flip the switch and save the other person. the train would be slowing down by then | 0.05% | 1 |
| studip premise, not answering | 0.05% | 1 |
| go untie the one person and then flip the switch. use a friend to help if needed cause of time frame | 0.05% | 1 |
| tough one | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends who the people are...criminals, politians, car salesmen? | 0.05% | 1 |
| n/a | 0.05% | 1 |
| flip the switch and try to untie the one person | 0.05% | 1 |
| untie the single and switch the track to save the other 5 | 0.05% | 1 |
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A very good friend of yours asks you to hold on to a parcel for a few weeks, but asks that you not look inside to see what it is. You agree, but curiosity finally gets the best of you, and you peek inside, only to discover a large amount of money bundled up with bank seals. You realize that your friend must have stolen the money, and is hiding it until he is certain the police have stopped searching for it. What would you do? Talk to your friend and try and convince him to return the money and accept the consequences
29%
556 votes
Return the money to the bank yourself anonymously but spare your friend
9%
169 votes
Return the money to the bank and give up your friend
9%
166 votes
Undecided
28%
545 votes
I prefer not to answer
16%
303 votes
Other (please specify)
9%
176 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| nothing | 0.31% | 6 |
| keep the money | 0.21% | 4 |
| do nothing | 0.16% | 3 |
| call police | 0.16% | 3 |
| call the police | 0.10% | 2 |
| 0.10% | 2 | |
| na | 0.10% | 2 |
| hang on to it and hope she gives me a cut. lol | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't even take a parcel from him if i don't know in advance what's inside | 0.05% | 1 |
| hide the money away from me and direct him to where it is when asked. | 0.05% | 1 |
| do nothing since it maybe was not stolen | 0.05% | 1 |
| return the money to the friend without comment. what if it's not stolen? | 0.05% | 1 |
| tell him im splitting the money | 0.05% | 1 |
| make friend split money with me :) | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not have peeked in the parcel. | 0.05% | 1 |
| talk to the friend and if i can't convince them to do the right thing, turn them in. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not hold parcel for anybody if i didn't know what was in it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| just give it back to your friend | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not assume it was stolen. you did say "friend"? | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't say anything, not my business | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would just hold onto it and do nothing else. | 0.05% | 1 |
| tell him to share it eith me, or else. | 0.05% | 1 |
| return the money to my friend. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't of looked. probably do nothing. | 0.05% | 1 |
| tell your friend you spilled on it and checked the contents and after seeing what it was you can't hold onto it for them they need to hang onto it and try to convince them to return it | 0.05% | 1 |
| since i agreed not to look inside i wouldn;t look inside | 0.05% | 1 |
| tell the friend i looked inside and want some | 0.05% | 1 |
| keep it until the friend asks for it | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't open it so i wouldn't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not have opened the parcel | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not have looked inside | 0.05% | 1 |
| tell them to share lol | 0.05% | 1 |
| go halfs! | 0.05% | 1 |
| mind my own business! who says it's stolen? | 0.05% | 1 |
| force your friend to split the money with you! | 0.05% | 1 |
| would not have taken the package in the first place. | 0.05% | 1 |
| give the package back to my friend | 0.05% | 1 |
| pretend you didn't look inside | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't open the package. also say nothing if i did. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't have peeked. i have self-control. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't have opened it in the first place. | 0.05% | 1 |
| take the money and run! | 0.05% | 1 |
| spend the money. if its not there i can't be caught with it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would do nothing. | 0.05% | 1 |
| rat out your friend and keep the money for involving you. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't do anything. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not have looked. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i never open other people's packages. | 0.05% | 1 |
| take the money and skip town--lmao | 0.05% | 1 |
| i'd would not peek | 0.05% | 1 |
| by holding the money i am entitled to compensation | 0.05% | 1 |
| keep some of the money for myself and just hold the rest for my friend | 0.05% | 1 |
| tell you frind you didn't open it but you would like a reward lol | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not peek in the first place. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't have looked inside | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't do anything, i should never have looked in the first place | 0.05% | 1 |
| make sure no one knows, take my friend out to wilderness, kill him, bury him, and take an extended retirement vacation....brazil? | 0.05% | 1 |
| report it to the police. no friend would do that to you in the first place. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't assume it was stolen | 0.05% | 1 |
| same as above | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have never opened it to begin with | 0.05% | 1 |
| not my place to judge let my friend get there money maybe they'll share | 0.05% | 1 |
| do nothing. pretend i did not open the box (i know i wouldn't have anyways) | 0.05% | 1 |
| what would that friend do when he discovers you've returned the money? i'd be concerned about that. | 0.05% | 1 |
| my friends do not rob banks - could be from a house sale | 0.05% | 1 |
| never accept the parcel since my friend id being so secretive | 0.05% | 1 |
| return the money to my friend and tell them what ever they did, not to involve me in it and that what ever they did is on them. | 0.05% | 1 |
| hold onto the money for him | 0.05% | 1 |
| hey, free money! | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't say anything. i don't want to be an accesory | 0.05% | 1 |
| first we do not know how the friend got the money, if you are a real friend try to understand. | 0.05% | 1 |
| ask for a cut since i'm holding it for them. | 0.05% | 1 |
| honest and trusting i never would have looked. | 0.05% | 1 |
| before holding onto the parcel i would need to have my friend show me whats in it | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't do anything | 0.05% | 1 |
| keep quiet | 0.05% | 1 |
| give my friend the money back and pretend i saw nothing | 0.05% | 1 |
| frist place i would never open it | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't look in the package. | 0.05% | 1 |
| let it be | 0.05% | 1 |
| give to the police | 0.05% | 1 |
| talk then if refuse turn in | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't have opened the package to begin with and if for some reason i found out what was in it, i wouldn't have assumed it was stolen either. | 0.05% | 1 |
| close the box back up and wait for her to come get it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't look. i have been in a situation with a friend and didn't look | 0.05% | 1 |
| i'll keep the money and get rid of the so called friend! | 0.05% | 1 |
| return money to ex friend. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't have looked in the bag to begin with | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't do anything. how do i know they stole it? | 0.05% | 1 |
| keep some money!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| i'd keep the money | 0.05% | 1 |
| return the money to my friend and mind my business. i don't know where the money came from and don't care to know. | 0.05% | 1 |
| its all mine its all mine lol jk | 0.05% | 1 |
| give it to the police, tell them you found the box in the street | 0.05% | 1 |
| tell him you want a cut. might as well be a badass about things. | 0.05% | 1 |
| give it back to him when he asks for it; if i promised not to look inside i would either not have at all or acted as i had not to keep the promise. a promise is a sacred oath yo. | 0.05% | 1 |
| blackmail friend into splitting with me | 0.05% | 1 |
| wouldnt agree to keep it in the first place | 0.05% | 1 |
| fisrt of all,i'm quite sure i wouldn't look, but if i did, i would return the parcel back to the "friend". | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldnt have been friends with such a person | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't look in the package as asked | 0.05% | 1 |
| be spongebob | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't care about hypothetical situations | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would never look inside of the parcel! | 0.05% | 1 |
| tape the box back up | 0.05% | 1 |
| hold it | 0.05% | 1 |
| talk to my friend first,if they won't, then i will anonymously. | 0.05% | 1 |
| would not hold package with out knowing what is in it first | 0.05% | 1 |
| contact police | 0.05% | 1 |
| hire an team of assassins to hunt down the evil terrorist from the first question. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would let my friend take care of their dis-honest problem. | 0.05% | 1 |
| say nothing. you don't know for a fact that the money is stolen | 0.05% | 1 |
| make them split the money. | 0.05% | 1 |
| wrap it back up and keep my mouth shut. | 0.05% | 1 |
| just hang on to it like my friend asked | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not have looked in the parcel in the first place | 0.05% | 1 |
| go to the police | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't ask, don't tell. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would hold on to the package and not look inside. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i'd keep the money your friend can't tell anyone | 0.05% | 1 |
| its on him | 0.05% | 1 |
| figure out if that person is really my firend. why are they trying to get me in trouble too? a real friend would be upfront with you about it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| nothing .... i wouldn't have looked in the box | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't hold on to a mysterious box in the first place. s/he would have to show me what was in it first. | 0.05% | 1 |
| share the money with your friend! | 0.05% | 1 |
| say no to your friend. | 0.05% | 1 |
| run away and keep the money | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldnt do anything | 0.05% | 1 |
| well first i would never open a package and i wouldnt say anything | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not open something that is not mine to open in the first place nor would i hold on to something without knowing whats inside | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not peek in the first place | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not have opened the box | 0.05% | 1 |
| give it back to my friend | 0.05% | 1 |
| wait and see | 0.05% | 1 |
| keep the parcel | 0.05% | 1 |
| put it back and pretend i did not c it!!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| take the money and run | 0.05% | 1 |
| would not have looked | 0.05% | 1 |
| return money to the friend and let them decide what to do, i don't want to be part of their crime | 0.05% | 1 |
| just return the box and pretend that i did not look in it | 0.05% | 1 |
| nothing. you're not suppose to look | 0.05% | 1 |
| admit to him that you broke your promise not to peek and ask where he got the money coz it can come from anyone other than bank, give him the benefit of doubt | 0.05% | 1 |
| blackmail friend into splitting the money with me. | 0.05% | 1 |
| mind my business | 0.05% | 1 |
| make my "friend" hold the package. their problem. dont get me in trouble. | 0.05% | 1 |
| your are assuming the money is stolen | 0.05% | 1 |
| nothing. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't have peeked in the first place. | 0.05% | 1 |
| you saw nothing in the package | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't admit i looked | 0.05% | 1 |
| it's the friend's problem, not mine, so i'd give it back asap! | 0.05% | 1 |
| blackmail my friend for a small portion of the money in exchange for hiding it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| keep the money myself | 0.05% | 1 |
| contact the police | 0.05% | 1 |
| escape through a moebius strip | 0.05% | 1 |
| not look inside | 0.05% | 1 |
| not tell my friend i looked in the box and give it back to him/her when they need it | 0.05% | 1 |
| say nothing | 0.05% | 1 |
| keep it | 0.05% | 1 |
| pretend i didn't look | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't have opened it in the first place, i'm not a bitch | 0.05% | 1 |
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After trying to become pregnant for years, and trying every known medical intervention, you finally decide to adopt a child. You desperately want a baby, so you can experience what it is to raise a child from infancy, but the wait is several years. You are given the chance to adopt an older child, who is ten and has been through a lot of trauma in his short life. What would your decision be? Wait for a baby--since we've waited this long, what difference would a few more years make?
18%
344 votes
Go with the older child--a chance to really make a difference in a child's life when you may be his only option
19%
371 votes
Adopt the older child, AND wait for the newborn--instant two child family
24%
453 votes
Undecided
23%
440 votes
I prefer not to answer
14%
272 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
35 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | 0.26% | 5 |
| na | 0.16% | 3 |
| same as above | 0.05% | 1 |
| none of the above....don't want kids | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would practice mindfulness and live in the present actual moment instead of cognitive moral dilemmas | 0.05% | 1 |
| discuss it with my spouse | 0.05% | 1 |
| would meet child then decide | 0.05% | 1 |
| 0.05% | 1 | |
| i would not adopt at all. | 0.05% | 1 |
| no desire for children at all. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i don't care about hypothetical situations | 0.05% | 1 |
| have kids | 0.05% | 1 |
| it would depend on my situation. | 0.05% | 1 |
| would never happen. i'd pay to not have kids. | 0.05% | 1 |
| never having wanted children, i can't fairly answer this question. | 0.05% | 1 |
| n/a - i never want kids | 0.05% | 1 |
| would never have a kid | 0.05% | 1 |
| i think any consideration of any child no matter the age needs to be taken up with the lord. | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends on how i relate with the child that is 10. | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends on other circumstances. i would need more of a current situation to consider this dilemma. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't have adopted a child. | 0.05% | 1 |
| can't relate. i don't want children. | 0.05% | 1 |
| wait till you can afford to have a child to have one. | 0.05% | 1 |
| live without a kid | 0.05% | 1 |
| poor women are not brood mares for the afluent. adoption should be illegal. | 0.05% | 1 |
| not sure, no one can answer until faced with situation | 0.05% | 1 |
| none of the above | 0.05% | 1 |
| i absolutely abhor these surveys like this! every single one of these could've been a separate survey question for us and worth 15 points instead of 5! stop this madness please!!!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| don`t like children | 0.05% | 1 |
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