khafra comments on A variant on the trolley problem and babies as unit of currency - Less Wrong

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Comment author: khafra 09 January 2012 02:57:37PM 0 points [-]

If it was simply that aid was diverted from that person to another person, then I would probably have no problem pressing the button

Good point. If it were an expected life lost vs. 4 expected lives saved, by taking $x from SCI and giving 4*$x to AMF, nobody would have a problem pressing the button. So it might come down to intuitions about risk tolerance.