random question of the day

out of curiosity, a colleague posted a question. it is very random. random till a point i think will not happen. but it is interesting nonetheless. worth pondering upon.

let say there is a non stoppable train moving very fast at an increasing speed. lay in front of the track is a fork split. in front on each side of the road has people tied to the track. either one party will die if the train moves to that side. on the left, lies 10 people and on the right lies your mum.

the question: if you hold the control far far away that you have no time to reach the destination. what would you do? the train is moving to the left without any interference.

after a while, i answered my colleague, "i think i will do nothing." i felt this is the right thing to do. first, if it is moving left already, why would i change the direction to kill my beloved one. my colleague questioned, "what about morality: it is 10 lifes vs 1 life"

i said, if i change the direction, i think i would not be able to sleep another night without thinking about what i did.

does this really make me an immoral person?

there you go. the random question of the day. he said it speaks a lot about someone from the action he would take. but to be honest, would i really do what i say? i don't know.

blogger, letting the randomness of the day lingers on his mind.