There is a train approaching a particular track. On this track is about 1,000 people who cannot move out of the way. You can change which track the train is on by pulling a lever, but the only way to pull the lever is to make a pact with a devil that owns the station. Is it more evil to make a pact with the devil to save 1,000 lives, or is it more evil to let 1,000 people die because you don't want to make a pact with the devil?
Regardless of which is considered (more) evil, I'd not make the deal. Making deals with devils usually ends badly or at the very least massively in their favour. So I guess those people are minced meat. Though really, there's no reason to think all 1000 would die. Some would just be badly hurt and some would even get away with mere scratches.
Ah yes, trains. Infamous for leaving mere scratches in head-on collisions in philosophical thought experiments. What if it's everyone you know on the track, with their heads neatly arranged and fastened to the track right beneath where the train runs, such that everyone you know and/or love has their head split open and splattered if you don't make a deal with the devil?
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