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01-03-2018 | Editorial
Protecting Participants in Thought Experiments: The Role of the Research Ethics Committee
Published in: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry | Issue 1/2018
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…A fat man stands upon a bridge. A runaway train is about to pass under the bridge and kill five people who are tied to the tracks half a mile down the line. You stand behind the fat man and could push him in front of the train. He is so fat that the train will definitely stop before it hits the people. Pushing him will save five lives but he will not survive. Do you do it? 1