<div dir="ltr">First of all the Tzitz Eliezer says that one can't throw the switch.<br>The trolley case is worse because a person is tied to the tracks. In diverting a grenade it is<br>a little more indirect.<br><br>R Zilbestein from a shiur from last July poses several questions (and answers)<br>
<br>1. Paratroopers whose cords got entangled. The officer can save himself by tearing the cord of<br>the other paratrooper that accidentally caused the entaglement <br><br>2. A pilot who is mistakenly firing on friendly troops. Can one shoot down the plane<br>
<br>3. An electrician mistakenly touches a live wire. The only way to save himself is to shut down<br>the electricity of the neighborhood. However, there is someone on life support who will die if the<br>electricity is turned off (assuming no standby electricity)<br>
<br>4. Terrorists using innocent people as protection. Can one shoot the terrorists knowing it may<br>also kill innocent civilians<br><br>5. Could one (halachically) <br><br>bomb the extermination camp in Aushwitz knowing that it would kill<br>
many of the inmates.<br><br>Eli Turkel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 5:15 AM, Poppers, Michael <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:MPoppers@kayescholer.com">MPoppers@kayescholer.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">In Avodah V28n87, RET noted:<br>
> CI has a question: Can one divert a grenade to save many people but it will fall on a few. CI remains with a safek. R. Zilberstein in many shiurim seems to tend towards allowing it (it has many practical applications). I believe the Tzitz Eliezer does not allow based on the CI' safek <<br>
Isn't that question the "trolley problem"* (for which I was told some years ago the Halachic answer is "no, don't throw the switch")?<br>
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*) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem</a><br>
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All the best from<br>
<font color="#888888">-- Michael Poppers via BB pager</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Eli Turkel<br>
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