Comic #3823: ethical-conundrums

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Panel 1: Character 1: "Suppose you have a starving family. You pass a bakery."

Panel 2: Character 1: "If you don't steal bread your family will die. If you do steal bread… you are put into a runaway trolley."

Panel 3: Character 1: "The trolley is headed for a crowd of people. You can alter its path so it only hits one person."

Panel 4: Character 1: "If you hit that lone person, their body will be surgically connected to yours in order to survive."

Panel 5: Character 1: "Now, the—"

Panel 6: Character 1 (interrupting): "Stop!"

Panel 7: Character 1: "You're just concatenating ethical problems in a way that doesn't provide any additional clarity."

Panel 8: Text (with an arrow): "TWIST: The person who's surgically connected to you… is the baker."

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