So the other day, I was inquiring the meaning of life and the human nature along with studying for a bio test. That reminded me of this Harvard professor's lecture our moral conscience. Now, I'm not going to bore you with abstract philosophies because I'm too lazy to type all this up. So let's start out simple: name your ultimate bias

Ultimate Bias: 

 (I chose Baekhyun because he's so cute!)

Now, name five more of your biases

1.       Sehun

2.       Luhan

3.       Suho

4.      Chanyeol

5.      Kevin Woo (from U-Kiss)

As you can see, I'm a er for flower boys. 

Note: replace any of the pictures and/or names above with your bias (this is personal) if necessary. 

Okay, so imagine this hypothetical (emphasis on hypothetical) scenario: you are a trolley driver driving down a trolley track at sixty miles per hour with the brakes malfunctioning. At the end of the track, straight ahead, are five people, precisely the ones you listed above.They won't hear or see you until it's too late, meaning that you'll kill them. Eventually. Right then, you notice a side track, veering off from the one your are on. On the end of that track, you see your ultimate bias. The steering wheel works, so you can turn the trolley on to the side track. But the question is: would you turn the trolley? 

Okay, so all of this is hypothetical, meaning that it is unnecessary for you to point out useless technicalities like why are five idols on a trolley track. Also, you can turn the trolley or not; those are your only options. And once you turn the trolley, you can't go back, and you'll kill your ultimate bias, but saving the lives of your five biases. In the end, someone will die. 

So if you're going for the utilitarianism approach and decide to turn the track, you kill your ultimate bias but sparing the five other people. But consider this: who are you to decide whether or not another human being (namely, your ultimate bias) should live or not. Aren't you just playing God?

But if you decided to kill your five biases but sparig the life of your ultimate bias, aren't you just saying that the life of one person is greater than the five? Mathematially, you're implying that 5<1, which doesn't exactly make sense.

If the one above turned your brain into mush, let's take a look at another one. 

The situation is the same as the one previously mentioned, but this time, you're not the trolley driver; you're an onlooker that appears to be on a bridge, overlooking the tragic accident that was about to happen. Then, you notice leaning over the bridge, was a very. . . . . fat man. If you pushed the fat man over, then he would get killed, but would stop the train, thus saving all of your bias' lives. However, if you did that, you would be a murderer since you killed the man with your own hands, but saving the lives of virtually six strangers. Would you push the man over the bridge to save your idols? Comment below and share this post if you liked it