Chazon Ish (Y.D. siman 69) on the trolley problem:
C.I. distinguishes between the case of deflecting an arrow shot at a group so that it strikes an isolated individual (similar to redirecting the trolley away from a group at the cost of the life of an individual) from the case at the end of Terumos of handing over a single individual to be killed in order to spare the group. In the latter case, handing over an individual to be killed is an act tantamount to murder. It's the context which provides a justification. In the case of the arrow, deflecting the shot is not an act of murder -- it is an act that prevents harm. It's the context, the fact that is is being deflected at an individual, which transforms it into something else. The two cases are inverse of each other.
notice the use of "efshar" also note that what someone would do in that situation is likely not to be ask a shaila but a gut reaction
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>>>what someone would do in that situation is likely not to be ask a shaila but a gut reaction
DeleteSee Chayei Adam 21:13 וחייב כל אחד להיות בקי בדינים אלו בי"ד סימן קנ"ז לעת מצוא ח"ו A person needs to know the halachos of mesirus nefesh well so that they react appropriately when the time comes and not need to think about it or ask a shayla.
and what % of frum Jews would u say fit that description?
DeleteOn "The Good Place" they spent a few episodes agonizing over this and I just kept thinking "It's so much better when you have a Divine value system in place instead of trying to figure out ethics on your own"
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