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by JoeAltmaier 4239 days ago
That's often used as an obvious parallel situation that makes it clear. But its not quite true: the healthy patient is not really involved with the situation of the other 5. Unlike the child, who is inevitably linked to the outcome of the others on the tracks. This new feature means the doctor is forcing the healthy person to play the game, which is certainly not right, and is the forcing issue that makes it clearly wrong.