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In ethics, what specific variant of the trolley problem involves pushing a large person off a bridge to stop the train and save five others?

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The Fat Man

The trolley problem is a famous thought experiment in ethics. It highlights the conflict between utilitarianism (save the most lives) and deontology (it is wrong to kill an innocent person).

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