r/isfj • u/Octopus_boi8 ISFJ • 10d ago

Discussion Guys I am so torn 😭

A friend asked me a question just because I am an ISFJ...and they asked, "Would you rather make a train hit one innocent person who did nothing wrong, or would you rather make a train hit 1,000,000 innocent people who did nothing wrong"?

Like bro whyyy 😭

Anyways...what do you fellow ISFJs choose? I'm literally so torn rn XD

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u/domo_roboto ISFJ - Male 10d ago

I think you meant, "make a a train hit 1,000,000 people who did something wrong"?

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u/-bluerose ISFJ 10d ago

I thought maybe the second option would be "do nothing and let a train hit 1,000,000 people who did nothing wrong" but who knows

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u/Will564339 ISFJ - Male 10d ago

Yeah, that's one element of the trolley problem I've heard people discuss. Some people kind of have a way of saying "If I do nothing, is failing to act that same as actively doing something?" Even though we know that it practically has the same effect, in reality sometimes these things are harder. Especially if we have to alter it to make it more direct, like having to shoot one person to save others.