We’re talking about some damn cartoons. That’s the whole “philosophical” point of this trolley problem, which can be better described as a sadistic game, i.e. that we shouldn’t let this type of nonsense get between us and our real “inner values” (for lack of a better term), we shouldn’t let the people who “apply” this game condition us.
Of course this is a satirical game that should not be taken seriously, but only because at some point it starts making you choose between 5 lobsters and a cat.
The point of this type of questioning is to know how much moralist vs utilitarian you are.
It makes you question what are those inner values, where they come from and if they are rational.
