[EricH]

The classic lifeboat dilemma, or any variant thereof, is not what is being discussed. What is being discussed is simply: Are safety and GP mutually exclusive, and if so, which one should you take?

I think we've established that it's a very rare case where they are (rare to the point of non-existent). Therefore, the question is no longer a question of one or the other.



[to answer the train question] If a runaway train was heading straight for anyone, skip the switch (it's probably locked anyway) and get the person off the tracks pronto. THEN worry about how to stop the train.