@Adirondackwannabe
It is not a bogus question.
It is a just a higher stakes variation of one of the most common questions relating to morality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem
You may have heard of this one before:
A group of people are trapped on a railway, and a train approaches.
You have a lever that can redirect the train, but doing so will cause the death of one single person trapped on the other railway.
Do you kill one person by flipping the switch, or do you kill many people by doing nothing?
The second part of that question makes it more personal. Similar scenario. Several people trapped on the railway, and the train approaches.
You can save them by dropping a very fat person onto the railway that will stop the train, but kill the person.
Do you personally push the guy off the bridge, or do you let the people down below die?
Are you incapable of answering the easier questions as well?