An empty, runaway Trolley is barreling down the tracks at an alarming speed. If it continues on its current track, and you do nothing, it will kill five people. If you intervene and pull a lever, it will switch tracks and instead kill just one person. In this case, it's reasonable for you to expect that pulling the lever will produce, on balance, more well-being than doing nothing.
What will the act utilitarian say you ought to do?
A)Pull the lever.
B)Doing nothing and pulling the lever are each morally acceptable.
C)Do nothing.
D)There's not enough information to answer this question. Which letter is the answer