Three out of five people in UK would push a fat man off a bridge ...
(World News Science)

Three out of five people in UK would push a fat man off a bridge to stop a runaway train killing five people - much more than in China, Japan and Korea, a study finds. Researchers from the University of Exeter wanted to understand the morals of people around the world, so posed them the famous `trolley question`. The question asks whether someone would actively kill a single person - in this case by pushing a fat man off a bridge - in order to save a larger group of people. It may be that people in the UK are more prejudiced against overweight people, but researchers say it is more likely that Brits aren`t afraid to voice their opinion. View of the end of La Rambla walking street, called `La...