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EPISODE · May 19, 2010 · 23 MIN

Would You Kill The Big Guy - Part Two

from The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2010 · host BBC World Service

A runaway train is heading towards five people. You're standing on a footbridge, next to a very big man and the only way you can stop the train is to push the big man onto the track. His bulk will stop the train and five lives will be spared. Would you do it? Steve Evans explores how these moral conundrums are dealt with in crises like war.

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A runaway train is heading towards five people. You're standing on a footbridge, next to a very big man and the only way you can stop the train is to push the big man onto the track. His bulk will stop the train and five lives will be spared. Would you do it? Steve Evans explores how these moral conundrums are dealt with in crises like war.

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