In the trolley dilemma, participants must decide whether to flip a switch that will divert a trolley, saving five people's live but killing one person. In the footbridge dilemma, participants must decide whether to push a large wrestler into the path of a trolley, killing that wrestler but saving the lives of five people who would otherwise have been hit. When researchers compare participants' responses to these two dilemmas, what do they find?
A) Nearly all people are unwilling to take an action that will take a life, even though it will save five others, regardless of the scenario.
B) Most people are willing to take the action that will save five lives despite killing one person, in both the trolley and the footbridge scenario.
C) Most people are more hesitant to flip the switch than they are to push the wrestler into the trolley's path, although they have the same effect.
D) Most people are more hesitant to push the wrestler into the trolley's path than they are to flip the switch, although they have the same effect.
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