In this paper, the ethical and spiritual aspects of the trolley problem are discussed in connection with
the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. First, I show that the dropping of atomic
bombs was a typical example of the events that contained the logic of the trolley problems in their
decision-making processes and justifications. Second, I discuss five aspects of “the problem of the
trolley problem;” that is to say, “Rarity,” “Inevitability,” “Safety Zone,” “Possibility of Becoming a
Victim,” and “Lack of Perspective of the Dead Victims Who Were Deprived of Freedom of Choice,”
in detail. Third, I argue that those who talk about the trolley problem are automatically placed in the
sphere of the expectation of response on the spiritual level. I hope that my contribution will shed light
on the trolley problem from a very different angle, which has not been made by our fellow
philosophers.