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* The Trolley Problem is an ethical thought experiment defined in 1967. In the original setting, a runaway trolley approaches a switch, and will kill five people if it stays on its current track. If the test subject switches the trolley to a sidetrack, the trolley kills one person instead. In the 2000s it became widespread as a mental exercise and later as a meme. It is also an illustration of machine ethics, relevant to the rise of self-driving cars. Related to ThreeLawsCompliant robots.
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* The Trolley Problem is an ethical thought experiment defined in 1967. In the original setting, a runaway trolley approaches a switch, and will kill five people if it stays on its current track. If the test subject switches the trolley to a sidetrack, the trolley kills one person instead.instead[[note]]Contrary to popular belief, the important decision is ''not'' "sacrifice one person to save five", but rather, "take action to kill one person, or remain passive and let five people die". The first is a deliberate decision to kill, the second is a deliberate decision to do nothing[[/note]]. In the 2000s it became widespread as a mental exercise and later as a meme. It is also an illustration of machine ethics, relevant to the rise of self-driving cars. Related to ThreeLawsCompliant robots.
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->''"Worse still, Toad now realized he was on the wrong track. There ahead was Gordon! The signalman changed the points just in time."''
-->-- '''The Narrator''', ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS5E23BusyGoingBackwards Busy Going Backwards]]"
-->-- '''The Narrator''', ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS5E23BusyGoingBackwards Busy Going Backwards]]"
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* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'': In "No Train, No Gain", Cruella steals the Dearlys' vintage train car and plots to sell it to a boy billionaire so she can make a handsome profit. However, as this car is the home of the Colonel, he, along with Lucky, Cadpig, Rolly, and Spot foil her plan by [[RailCarSeparation uncoupling the car from the train]] as it reaches the top of the mountain so it will roll back down. When Cruella tries to chase after the runaway car, Rolly switches the points to divert Cruella's train onto a disused track.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog'': When Fog and the others are traveling on a handcar in the 21st episode, they find themselves on a collision course with a train that's approaching from the opposite direction. Unable to stop the handcar, they race for an abandoned wayside station that's between them and the train. Rigodon jumps off the moving handcar and reroutes it with a points lever at the last second. The travelers avoid getting hit by the train, but they do end up crashing the handcar beyond repair. Fortunately, none of them are injured thanks to them hitting a large pile of sand.
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This is not a trope, but a disambig. If there is a suitable trope, it would be find in the Villains index.
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* Three instances occur during Creator/AardmanAnimations' ''WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers'', all during the ChaseScene while TheVillain attempts to escape aboard Wallace's model railroad:
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* Three instances occur during Creator/AardmanAnimations' ''WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers'', all during the ChaseScene while TheVillain the villain attempts to escape aboard Wallace's model railroad:
