Spontaneously i would have pulled the switch in the first scenario. But i guess i would be passive in the second two out of confusion. I read the whole thread and i didn't like your first post. But your following posts convinced me to respect your opinion and were interesting to read. What if we change the scenario for a little experiment. Say you are driving on the street and get rammed by a car. The impact was so heavy that you are now on the sidewalk and you are steering right into 5 people. You can't stop in time, but you could steer further onto the sidewalk and kill only one. Would you still be passive and run over the 5 people? I don't know .. probably not. But what is the difference really?